violence

Example Sentences

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His remarks come at a particularly fraught moment for Palestinian society, after more than two years of war in the Gaza Strip and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank.

From Barron's

They fled hunger in Venezuela only to find poverty and violence across the border in Colombia -- but for Franklin Petit and his family, this life of hardship is still better than their old one.

From Barron's

Bangladesh's interim leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, has accused India of exaggerating the scale of the violence.

From Barron's

Returning migrants are vulnerable to violence because they stand out.

From Los Angeles Times

The author says she wrote her books "to work out a lot of my feelings about rampant misogyny, homophobia, violence" in the sport of which she had been a life-long fan.

From BBC