oppression
Example Sentences
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In Gaza City, 27-year-old Mazen al-Ghoul watched the World Cup opening ceremony with a feeling of "oppression".
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
The two families with a long history of antagonism between them are vaguely costumed as either dark forces of oppression or their victims.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 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
"Long term, it's actually scared away investors, he said. "And all the oppression also affected how investors see Saudi Arabia as a government, as a country, that lacks what investors want, which is predictability.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
What is happening here today is not injustice, but oppression, an attempt to throtde or stamp out a new form of life.
From "Native Son" 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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