oppression
Example Sentences
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Last year, ECB chair Richard Thompson described the Taliban's oppression of women and girls as "gender apartheid".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Her speech was measured, her tone was mellow — even when calling out the most outrageous hypocrisies, the most sinister forms of oppression, she rarely if ever raised it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
It brings to mind not just dressing and African-American fashions, but also the historically peripatetic nature of black communities due to the oppression of Jim Crow and redlining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan told reporters in May that his country remained opposed to high-level talks while "oppression is still taking place".
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Therefore there had to be established in the minds of all present a vivid picture of mankind under oppression.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing oppression
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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