apartheid
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In the 1980s, global measures including a U.S. ban on investments and loans to the white-minority government in South Africa hurt the regime and helped force an end to apartheid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
Before her comments, Saar replied to Kallas on X that his decision "will remain unchanged" until she clarified whether she made the "apartheid" remarks.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
Amid the social inequity and climate apartheid, Fox tries offering hope, preaching about empathy with lines like “sharing is stronger than hoarding.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The anti-apartheid campaigner came to the UK in the 1980s to avoid conscription to the "apartheid army" where he became part of the "anarchist squatting scene".
From BBC • May 10, 2026
It is never easy to prepare a case from prison, and in this instance we were hampered by the customary apartheid barriers.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing apartheid
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