persecution
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The home secretary will say the UK wants to "live up to our international obligations" by helping those who are fleeing war and persecution, but the process must be "capped and controlled".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
His legal practice worked on rights issues for decades, and he played a key role in the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group supporting mainland lawyers facing persecution.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Melancholic and unyielding, James’ Booker Prize longlisted new novel, ‘The Disappearers,’ captures a community fighting to exist despite relentless persecution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“We are terrified daily of persecution and still show up sometimes better than everyone around us. Did you know that?”
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Not only will the students be able to empathize with Gerda’s feelings of persecution and loss, but I hope they’ll be able to understand how Anne Frank must have felt.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
“I think of Germany, Hitler and the persecutions there, I thought that was just history,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
“Have the merciless persecutions and unutterable tortures of the dark ages not yet opened their eyes and enlarged their heart for the alleviation of their fellow men’s woes?”
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025
What may help reduce the persecutions, as in South Africa, is providing pensions to the elderly, which appears to confer social protection.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
During this time, Rome undertook a series of official persecutions meant to restore the primacy of ancient pagan religious worship and practice throughout the empire.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Since I know it is all for Christ's good, I am quite content with my weaknesses and with insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing persecution
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Vocabulary from "Stop Expecting Games to Build Empathy" by Julie Muncy
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"Bonne Annee," Vocabulary from the personal essay
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