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He was just a young man looking at a symbol of power and not caring much about who that power was used to subjugate.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

In 1876 President Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Army to subjugate the traditionals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

As he told the court that Combs had used his fame and power to "subjugate" his victims, the music mogul did not look up, remaining expressionless for the judge's 20-minute speech.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

They are only a sticking point for would-be kings and despots who successfully deceive and subjugate the masses.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2025

They were going to subjugate all of the Far East.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

It is, perhaps, a double whammy: The hierarchy that subjugates her also shames her.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021

It recounts the terror of falling in love—how the process subjugates people, leaves them vulnerable.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2018

It's just another way our society subjugates men's emotions and it's really a shame.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2015

On the other, it has tended to finesse or sidestep the issue of whether polygamy itself, or polygamy as practiced by the Henricksons, empowers or subjugates women.

From Time ● Mar. 21, 2011

It is the invincible power which attracts and subjugates us in it.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various

Kaunda's message was clear - black Africans must no longer be subjugated.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

The pavilions are scattered in seemingly haphazard fashion, in keeping with Mr. Govan’s conviction that visitors should follow their own curiosity and make their own connections without being subjugated to a hierarchy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Mina’s father flouted strictures; Sade’s mother subjugated herself to them — that is, until Sade went to jail on a serious felony and compassion for her daughter awakened her long-dormant maternal loyalty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025

In the early 1890s, U.S. political and military leaders tried to outlaw the Ghost Dance, fearing the movement was a precursor to an uprising in communities it subjugated.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

Perhaps we are the invaded ones, the subjugated, used.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

However, once Hernán Cortés triumphed, the conquistadors went from waging war — vanquishing the Aztecs — to the project of subjugating Indigenous holdouts and building a self-sustaining territory loyal to the crown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Aubrecht watches from afar as Yscalin falls to Fýredel, its ruler and populace subjugating themselves to the cruel dragons, desperate to avoid their wrath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

In nearly every tale that involves a subjugating force, the individual bucking the system may win the day but lose the war.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025

His administration has helped keep Russia from subjugating the country, which was part of the Soviet Union before achieving its independence in 1991.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

In spite of some superficial change of conduct, somewhat overruled by this alliance, he remained faithful to the popular side, and declared against the Medici as soon as he perceived their scheme of subjugating Florence.

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