oppressor
Example Sentences
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Linda, a “Survivor” fan who pleasure-reads books about making it in the wild, suddenly gains strength over her corporate oppressor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
To keep them, he said, meant treating the victim the same as the oppressor.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024
Varying somewhat by era, country and circumstance, the mob invents its chosen oppressor in its own image.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024
“Somehow this narrative got mixed up that Jews are an oppressor rather than an oppressee, and I don’t know how that narrative came about,” Mark said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
I would have felt a little giddy if Miss Marva Hendrix hadn’t soured the day by making me out to be my sisters’ oppressor.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Vocabulary lists containing oppressor
Every Falling Star
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A Night Divided
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 3
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