oppress
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"These rules lack humanity and rationality, and they oppress us every day."
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
“You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024
But that doesn’t mean she’s motivated by a desire to oppress.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2024
“But we certainly don’t want to oppress churches or a family member from getting out their family.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
It was during this Red Summer that black Americans, for the first time, mounted armed resistance against mobs of whites who were determined to oppress them and deny them their rights.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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