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atrocity

[uh-tros-i-tee] / əˈtrɒs ɪ ti /




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He also said then that the "appalling atrocity of slavery" stains Britain's history.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Were my parents trying to spare me, as a young child, from learning about human atrocity, or was the Holocaust, and the damage it had done to our family, too difficult for them to confront?

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

"We denounce and totally reject those claims that Africans are as guilty and complicit as those who masterminded this whole atrocity," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“Let us not wait for atrocity to act,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

For an instant, Cora was back on Randall and about to be educated in another atrocity.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims of Nazi atrocities.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

"A generation after 9/11, we also know that the final response to those atrocities and the ultimate victory over the perpetrators will not be found on a foreign battlefield," Trump said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“The Bush administration found that there really are atrocities, human rights violations, genocide for which there are no other alternatives,” to the international court, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Trump officials are also planning to finance at least one organization to research crime and atrocities against minority populations in South Africa.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Sir, did the Irish commit atrocities at the Battle of Kinsale?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt




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