injustice
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I remember thinking her diatribe about the injustice of Hester Prynne’s shunning would segue into the cruelties Charles faced with the goal of inspiring someone to defy the blacklist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“All the versions ask, ‘What would you do to protect your family?’ but this also asks, ‘If an injustice was done to somebody, then what are they justified doing in return,’” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
By making injustice into a kind of orphan, oppression is made to seem like the natural order of things.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
Jacinta Challinor from the charity said such an "injustice" was "silently affecting the health" of people.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
“It’s true, America is a country with a history of injustice, but can we learn from those injustices? Make sure our society is indeed democratic and fair to all who reside here?”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
Vocabulary lists containing injustice
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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