How to Use exclave in a Sentence

exclave

noun
  • So what's the world's largest true exclave, a landlocked one?
    — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2018
  • Poland has also shut down its airspace near Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave on its northern border.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The incident occurred near the border with the Azerbaijan exclave of Nakhchivan.
    — Fox News, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Its Kaliningrad exclave is home to the Kremlin’s Baltic fleet and a wealth of other military assets.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Azerbaijan has said one of the drones hit the terminal building of an airport, while the other fell close to a school in a nearby village in the Nakhchivan exclave.
    — Jasmine Green, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Cabinda, the exclave where much of Angola’s oil is produced, is separated from the mainland by a strip of Congo.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Russia has hinted at the prospect of more troops on the border, or bringing nuclear weapons into its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad in response.
    — Leo Laikola, Fortune, 15 May 2022
  • The exclave operates as a special economic zone with low taxes, although Western sanctions have hurt its economy.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
  • Russian trains still shuttle back and forth via Lithuania between Moscow and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
    — CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Russia has also bolstered its military might in the region, particularly in the exclave of Kaliningrad.
    — James Marson, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Azerbaijan has long demanded the creation of a special route through this territory to connect Azerbaijan with its exclave.
    — Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The pact on a corridor connecting Azerbaijan and its exclave of Nakhichevan is also vulnerable.
    — Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The village is actually in a small exclave of the UAE that's entirely surrounded by the country Oman.
    — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2017
  • The escalation at the border between Spain and Morocco comes after a surge in migrants attempting to reach the small exclave, mainly by swimming.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • The 40-mile-wide corridor is hemmed in by the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on one side and Belarus, a Russian ally, on the other.
    — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 24 June 2018
  • Authorities have not said who organized a suspicious border breach in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa.
    — Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The vast majority of the countries perched around the sea belong to the alliance—with Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Iranian drones attacked its exclave of Nakhchivan and damaged an airport building.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Poland and Lithuania border the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, the most militarized territory in all of Europe.
    — John R. Deni and Michael O’Hanlon, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The escalation at the frontier between Spain and Morocco comes after a surge in migrants attempting to reach the small exclave, mainly by swimming, on Wednesday.
    — ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Footage and images showed scores of people, many of whom appeared to be young men, bypassing the Tarajal border fence between Morocco and the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 31 July 2026
  • Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is an exclave of Azerbaijan, separated from the rest of the country by a distance of about 20 miles at the closest points.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Poland shares borders with not only Ukraine and Russian ally Belarus but also neighbors Russia's exclave Kaliningrad region in the Baltics.
    — Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Azerbaijan said one of the drones struck the terminal building of the airport while the other fell near a school in a nearby village in the Nakhchivan exclave, which borders Turkey, Armenia and Iran.
    — Jasmine Green, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But if in the future the route becomes viable, the magical journey to Turkey via the ancient city of Nakhchivan (in a disconnected exclave of Azerbaijan) should once again be a major trade and tourism corridor.
    — Mark Elliott, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
  • That route will connect Azerbaijan and its autonomous Nakhchivan exclave, which are separated by a 20-mile-wide patch of Armenian territory.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
  • It is expected to connect Azerbaijan and its autonomous Nakhchivan exclave, which are separated by a 20-mile-wide patch of Armenian territory.
    — Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Hundreds of migrants set up camp on a beach in Spain’s North African exclave of Ceuta on Monday as local authorities struggled to cope with the thousands still in the tiny territory after a massive border rush last week.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Ulf Kristersson’s comments come weeks after tens of thousands of people rushed into Spain’s exclave of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco, prompting sharp criticism from leaders across the continent.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Arrivals had been increasing, but reasons still unclear The escalation at the frontier between Spain and Morocco comes after a surge in migrants attempting to reach the small exclave, mainly by swimming, on Wednesday.
    — CBS News, 30 July 2026

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