repression
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But restrictions and repression are beginning to feel like the new normal.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“When the pain becomes deep enough, the fear fades,” a 42-year-old Iranian woman said, citing five weeks of war and years of repression and economic crisis in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Meta's Oversight Board warned that expanding the model outside the United States could pose "significant human rights risks and contribute to tangible harms" to people living under repression or conflict.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
The country’s most vocal activists fled the island after Cuba’s repression of the nationwide protest on July 11, 2021 — the ones in which Duannis Taboada marched.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
In so doing, he attempts to evade the guilt of repression.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Vocabulary lists containing repression
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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"The Story of an Hour"
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Beyond Vietnam" (1967)
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