oppressor
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Linda, a “Survivor” fan who pleasure-reads books about making it in the wild, suddenly gains strength over her corporate oppressor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
In an Instagram video on Wednesday, Neeleman said her husband was portrayed as an oppressor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
The workers were already resentful of their exploitation by foreign companies and their collaborators; now was an opportunity to make common cause against a hated oppressor.
From Salon ● May 4, 2024
“Daddy was always very proud of his time in the Army, even though he later understood and saw the United States military as an oppressor of our people,” says his daughter, Noemí Sánchez González.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 10, 2023
I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
And they told stories about characters like Br’er Rabbit and Anansi, tricksters who provided models for overcoming powerful oppressors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Joy proves defiant to the shadowy oppressors who wish to see their “enemies” suffer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
The victims, he said, should not be treated the same way as the oppressors.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
It's just an especially grotesque way to paint the oppressors as victims and recast actual victims as the villains.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024
I walked around Algiers, hearing rank-and-file expressions of hatred for America for supporting the oppressors of the Algerians.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Every Falling Star
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A Night Divided
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 3
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