brainwash
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“It created a model that proved to local municipalities, to local politicians that these spaces weren’t dangerous places that are going to brainwash your kids or whatever.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
"And they brainwash people to join and they convince them of all of these things, and it's really, really hard to get out of it."
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2022
“If we had the power to brainwash kids, we’d have them do their homework.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
"He was trying to brainwash me, manipulate me and he still had control of me and I didn't like it," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2021
Instead I’m locked in a small room that smells like chorizo and stale popcorn while my archenemy continues to brainwash the community with reggaeton and free sunscreen.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
Young people mustn’t watch too many films with violence because it brainwashes and disturbs them.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2015
I am not saying the Army brainwashes you.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a totalitarian sci-fi world, a hammer thrown by a young athlete smashes a "Big Brother" figure declaiming to brainwashed citizens from a vast screen.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Mark Harris realized that his father and Freeman had brainwashed him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
They have been brainwashed into thinking it's not just 'the right way' to play, it's also 'the only way' - but there are many pitfalls to this approach and my priorities were always very different.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
Families claimed their loved ones had been "brainwashed," and groups like the Cult Awareness Network emerged to fight back.
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
"She's not going to come back home on her own, she's brainwashed."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
"Actually, there's brainwashing here in China too, but it's not as severe," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Shakespeare put all his understanding of human nature into Iago’s brainwashing master class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
"The continuing brainwashing of 'you can only play in this way', up until recently scared the living daylights out of coaches, particularly young coaches," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
As long as this public perception remains and compounds with Stake’s already shady reputation, then the brainwashing might fall flat.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2024
We troop down for the brainwashing and she can’t stop talking.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
