| secession movement | 1.71 | It also is the secession movement that has driven much of the debate. | ||
| secession referendum | 1.32 | The remainder said they would abstain in a secession referendum. | ||
| secession effort | 0.92 | This could be a sign of secession efforts to come. | ||
| secession opponent | 0.86 | Mayor James Hahn, a secession opponent, said it would harm the remaining neighborhoods of Los Angeles. | ||
| secession drive | 0.66 | Politicians dismissed its secession drive as a gadfly fantasy. | ||
| secession issue | 0.53 | He said he is neutral on the secession issue. | ||
| secession bid | 0.46 | Premier Vance Amory announced the secession bid this week. | ||
| secession attempt | 0.39 | But Bouchard left no doubt there would be a new secession attempt. | ||
| secession leader | 0.39 | Valley secession leaders were outraged over the report. | ||
| secession study | 0.39 | Advocates of the secession study have submitted a plan for the breakup to LAFCO. | ||
| secession supporter | 0.39 | Hogwash, say secession supporters. | ||
| secession advocate | 0.33 | Valley secession advocates applauded the study. | ||
| secession bill | 0.33 | The dreaded secession bill still passed the Legislature last week. | ||
| secession proposal | 0.33 | Instead, secession proposals would go to a citywide vote. | ||
| secession struggle | 0.26 | If that is his answer, the Canadian dollar is likely to sink on currency markets in dread of another secession struggle. | ||
| secession vote | 0.26 | Both Hahn and Villaraigosa promised during the campaign to let secession votes go forward, though both oppose splitting the city. |