oppressor
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In a pan-Indian context, English is an equalizer, not an oppressor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
"I have no fear, you are behind me and by my side. I have no fear because the nation is united. The nation is united against the oppressor," the letter said according to Reuters.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025
Evidence of enjoyment of life directly rebuts the central proposition of the oppressor – namely, that the oppressed is inferior.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024
“Somehow this narrative got mixed up that Jews are an oppressor rather than an oppressee, and I don’t know how that narrative came about,” Mark said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Who ever heard of angry revolutionists swinging their bare feet together with their oppressor in lily-pad park pools, with gospels and guitars and “I Have A Dream” speeches?
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Every Falling Star
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A Night Divided
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 3
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