persecution
Example Sentences
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Persecution of Christians is rising in sub-Saharan Africa, threatening a “vast humanitarian catastrophe” for the continent, a support group for victimized Christians said Tuesday.
From Washington Times • Jan. 17, 2023
Persecution of the Rohingya has been widely documented, including in a U.N. probe, she noted.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022
Persecution was also explored in popular culture by the duo who created Captain America and Hulk, in their later series X-Men, launched in 1963.
From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2020
Persecution from the church threatened the witches’ relationship to the moon, Trainor explained, so they started looking at covert ways of keeping the lunar connection alive.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2019
Persecution will always make partisans to the cause persecuted; and those to which we allude, tended the more to confirm Christians in their religion.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'
Vocabulary lists containing persecution
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Bonne Annee," Vocabulary from the personal essay
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Vocabulary from "Stop Expecting Games to Build Empathy" by Julie Muncy
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