injustice
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Sentenced to 10 years, he bore the injustice nobly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"To make a decision about what the sentence means, based on something that's so arbitrary and out of people's control, feels like a major injustice."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“They’ve been through a lot and carried a lot of burden. But they’ve responded, they have risen to fight against injustice again and again.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
"But I have never seen anything like what is happening now. In my opinion, it is extreme injustice."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The pain and the unfairness and the injustice.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
In December 2025, a Finnish a truth and reconciliation commission called on Finland to rectify injustices committed against the indigenous Sami people.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Dickens’s stories of suffering children and stark injustices still awaken almost primal feelings of horror and heartbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Many of his lyrics lament the conditions of the downtrodden and underprivileged, pointing out the injustices in the way man treats his fellow man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“The Lineage fire exposed long-standing environmental injustices impacting Boyle Heights in East L.A. and other areas,” said school board member Rocío Rivas, who represents the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The effort to support Jeremiah Reeves became the first time many black teenagers in Montgomery ever acted to address injustices outside their own personal problems.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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