injustice
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King Charles III called the transatlantic slave trade "a monstrous injustice" Tuesday, opening a Commonwealth summit in which UK leader Andy Burnham is holding talks about apologising for Britain's role in slavery.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
At an execution site of local people during British colonial times, the king paused to reflect in a gesture meant to indicate his awareness of this past injustice.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
But the nonvirtuous road, Smith warns, risks ruin: “habitual imprudence . . . or injustice, or weakness, or profligacy, will always cloud, and sometimes depress altogether, the most splendid professional abilities.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
I’m going to respond the same way to harassment and perceived injustice as I would any other space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Penelope was Swanburne to the core, and that is why, despite the injustice of her situation, not to mention some other pressing and—unusual concerns, she felt obliged to do her best at her new position.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
"Her life's work was to empower her community to face and overcome injustices, and she has left farm workers and the entire Latino community stronger and more organised than she found it," the UFW said.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
A Swedish truth commission on Wednesday urged the state to apologise for injustices committed against its indigenous Sami people, including assimilation programmes, and provide compensation and redress.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Galeano — who previously worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press in Nicaragua — believed he had a responsibility to call out what he saw as injustices perpetrated by the government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yes, there have been terrible injustices in our history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Doc Daneeka rose without a word and moved his chair outside the tent, his back bowed by the compact kit of injustices that was his perpetual burden.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing injustice
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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