dispossession
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It said: "Senegal unequivocally rejects this unjustified attempt at dispossession."
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
An "eco-city", a mining complex, and a massive project to grow food and fuel are all part of an Indonesian growth drive that activists allege is causing deforestation and dispossession.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Our documents now serve as legal and historical evidence not only of our own story but also of a broader pattern of dispossession.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025
One in which a sense of displacement and dispossession is driven by a lost cultural advantage.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2024
The second time he looked for her was after the dispossession.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing dispossession
Excerpts from "An African Voice"
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