violence
Example Sentences
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The author says she wrote her books "to work out a lot of my feelings about rampant misogyny, homophobia, violence" in the sport of which she had been a life-long fan.
From BBC
"We cannot allow people to use some places to gather and cause chaos. All our actions are intended to prevent anybody from creating violence or destabilising our security," he said.
From BBC
On Friday, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday issued a decree declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority after the recent violence.
From Barron's
As historian David Garrow documents, King believed that violence collapsed the moral clarity the movement depended on, allowing repression to masquerade as order.
“I’m of the opinion that it is possible for one to stand firmly and courageously against an evil system, and yet not use violence to stand up against it,” he said then.
From Los Angeles Times
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