oppression

Example Sentences

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Hanukkah celebrates the miracle when a small amount of oil burned for eight days in the rededicated Temple in Jerusalem, symbolizing how light, faith, and resilience will overcome darkness, violence and oppression.

From Los Angeles Times

Trying to stop its use is "oppression in the highest form," she told AFP.

From Barron's

Their "bravery and determination to end your oppression" had been "noticed" by the US president, he said.

From BBC

Privation and oppression forced more than eight million Venezuelans into exile, destabilizing the region.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bobi Wine defended Ampe, saying he was using social media to "expose corruption, abuse of power, oppression of lower ranking officers and other evils within the Uganda Prisons Service".

From BBC