subjugation
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Scottish investors had tried to evade economic subjugation to England by setting up an empire of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Like the Arch of Titus, this monument glorifies the destruction and subjugation of a conquered people.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025
The 14th and 15th Amendments were ratified to establish an enduring multiracial democracy, explicitly empowering Congress to end the subjugation of nonwhite Americans.
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2025
She allowed none of that here, tapping into the desperation of a woman whose self-worth is wrapped up in the subjugation of those around her.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025
After surviving more than three centuries of subjugation in the New World, black America stood at the crossroads.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing subjugation
Words from "The Avengers"
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The Pearl
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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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