oppressor

Example Sentences

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You can’t have real freedom of speech unless you first silence some oppressors.

From Seattle Times

They were told they’d be welcomed as heroes for liberating Ukraine from what Russian officials falsely claim are Nazi oppressors, and their Western backers, and that Kyiv would fall without bloodshed within a week.

From Seattle Times

They were told they’d be welcomed as heroes for liberating Ukraine from its Nazi oppressors and their Western backers, and that Kyiv would fall without bloodshed within a week.

From Seattle Times

“All who live in tyranny and helplessness can know the United States will not ignore your oppression or excuse your oppressors,” Mr. Gerson wrote.

From New York Times

It started, she said, with a seventh-grade English class exercise featuring a TED Talk that instructed her son to confront his privilege “and recognize himself as an oppressor.”

From Washington Post