oppress

Example Sentences

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According to 1996 reporting by The Times, “Siembra” delivered pulsating salsa rhythms that “carried messages of freedom at a time when most of Latin America was oppressed by military dictatorships.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Kurds remain an oppressed people, but one that will fight for freedom for themselves and protection for others.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement posted online.

From Los Angeles Times

The video evidence shows Lemon calmly interviewing the pastor, the very person the federal government’s indictment claims he tried to “oppress and intimidate.”

From Salon

“We are the grandchildren of the protesters. We are the grandchildren of the oppressed,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times