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oppressor

[uh-pres-er] / əˈprɛs ər /


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In a pan-Indian context, English is an equalizer, not an oppressor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

In an Instagram video on Wednesday, Neeleman said her husband was portrayed as an oppressor.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

The workers were already resentful of their exploitation by foreign companies and their collaborators; now was an opportunity to make common cause against a hated oppressor.

From Salon • May 4, 2024

“Daddy was always very proud of his time in the Army, even though he later understood and saw the United States military as an oppressor of our people,” says his daughter, Noemí Sánchez González.

From National Geographic • Nov. 10, 2023

The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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