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 that's what they do to brainwash," she continued.
From Salon ● May 25, 2023
He said that unscrupulous leaders are able to brainwash people and take advantage of their desire to find a solution to their problems.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023
“If we had the power to brainwash kids, we’d have them do their homework.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
“I’m not here to brainwash you,” he tells us.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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
Wydra is the one actress outside the ‘Pitt’ crew to get the most attention: “She’s convincingly vacant and content as Zosia, a woman brainwashed by an alien virus,” enthuses Lorraine Ali.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
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
"That's the poison they put in your mind, boy. They brainwashed you into thinking you can remember."
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
“To me, it was about brainwashing, about the state taking over,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
"Actually, there's brainwashing here in China too, but it's not as severe," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Rather than brainwashing us, the objective of the totalitarian is to bludgeon us into apathy, resignation and passivity.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
"It’s absolutely textbook. In fact, they have to do that for this machine that is cultic brainwashing to work," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
My father says he doesn’t believe in brainwashing children.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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