brainwash
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The Bombay and Gujarat high courts warned that censorship couldn't be used to "brainwash the public".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
“It created a model that proved to local municipalities, to local politicians that these spaces weren’t dangerous places that are going to brainwash your kids or whatever.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
"And they brainwash people to join and they convince them of all of these things, and it's really, really hard to get out of it."
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2022
“If we had the power to brainwash kids, we’d have them do their homework.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
They made us watch a film, a terrible bit of puritanical brainwash.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Young people mustn’t watch too many films with violence because it brainwashes and disturbs them.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2015
I am not saying the Army brainwashes you.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a totalitarian sci-fi world, a hammer thrown by a young athlete smashes a "Big Brother" figure declaiming to brainwashed citizens from a vast screen.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
In extracts from his forthcoming book, published by the Times on Friday, Tom Bower claims Queen Camilla told a friend Meghan had "brainwashed" Prince Harry.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Mark Harris realized that his father and Freeman had brainwashed him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
“That’s always part of me; I’ve been brainwashed that way, to be honest with you,” Skipper said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
They’d been so brainwashed by Missy’s dumb story that they weren’t thinking clearly.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
"Actually, there's brainwashing here in China too, but it's not as severe," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
She accuses the group of "brainwashing" her son, convincing him they were defending the ethnic Kurdish minorities in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
As long as this public perception remains and compounds with Stake’s already shady reputation, then the brainwashing might fall flat.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2024
“Is this just groupthink, brainwashing or what, on either side?” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
Priming is not, it should be said, like brainwashing.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
