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Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com)

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Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.

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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 year ago (15 children)

And The United States

[–] lud@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (12 children)

What about:

the England
the Germany
the France
the Sweden
the Russia
the Poland

Normal country names don't begin with "the"

"The United States of America" makes grammatical sense. "The Ukraine" or any of the above doesn't .

[–] Streetdog@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Except when you're from the Netherlands.

[–] uranos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Holland.

[–] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm looking for the hoe land

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