dispossess

Example Sentences

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Her performance is anthemic, invigorating, a call to arms for the dispossessed and an elegant dissection of the authoritarian powers who hold them down.

From New York Times

Like the other seven, they lost without scoring; but even compared to the others, the central Americans looked very limited - constantly overrun down the flanks, easily dispossessed in the middle and toothless in attack.

From BBC

They are descendants of Palestinians dispossessed when Israel was created in 1948, their families coming from areas including Haifa and Nazareth.

From Reuters

They are descendants of Palestinians dispossessed when Israel was created in 1948, and most are impoverished and unemployed.

From Reuters

Palestinians in the area say they were dispossessed of their land to allow for the settlement's expansion over the years.

From Reuters