propaganda

Example Sentences

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Video footage of a captured U.S. airman in enemy hands would have handed Tehran a major propaganda tool and a source of leverage at a critical moment in the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The VOA was set up during World War Two to counter Nazi propaganda.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Seeking to resist the intensity of pro-war propaganda at his school, Talankin eventually teamed up with US filmmaker David Borenstein and fled Russia in 2024, leaving behind his mother, brothers and sisters.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

James J. Kimble, a communication professor and propaganda historian at Seton Hall University, said U.S. presidents have “by and large” struck a respectful tone in wartime, though there are some exceptions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

“No propaganda work undertaken by the State Association and Party has ever achieved such publicity,” bragged the New York State Woman Suffrage Association’s official journal.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler