oppression

Example Sentences

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“Writers,” she said, “disturb the social oppression that functions like a coma on a population, a coma despots call ‘peace’.”

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

Herta Müller’s account of growing up in Ceaușescu’s Romania documents how the state insinuated oppression into every corner of life.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"The current damaged site will be preserved as a war museum at the university to remain a document of the country's scientific oppression in history," said Zafarollah Kalantari, head of Isfahan University of Technology.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

I was just becoming aware of the history of racial oppression in my own country, and saw the struggle in South Africa as purely racial.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela