bondage
Example Sentences
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He recounts marveling at the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism, which released Eastern Europe from bondage and allowed his own country to emerge from the shadow of the Soviet Union.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
It is well known that the 14th Amendment revolutionized our Constitution, changing a document that sanctioned bondage into one that promised liberation and equal citizenship.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024
In Brazil's penal code, the definition of slavery is not just forced labour, it's also debt bondage, degrading work conditions and long hours that risk workers' health.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2024
The wrapping marks, cut into the clay like a memory made concrete, oscillate between signs of painful bondage and a warm embrace, a tension both social and artistic in 1970s Korean culture.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024
Not from a cruel master, or the vast agency of bondage, but you specifically.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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