dispossession
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It said: "Senegal unequivocally rejects this unjustified attempt at dispossession."
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
An "eco-city", a mining complex, and a massive project to grow food and fuel are all part of an Indonesian growth drive that activists allege is causing deforestation and dispossession.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
But Penn’s legacy has been mythologized, to some extent, and his mission still led to the dispossession of natives, historians say.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Directed by Raoul Peck, “Silver Dollar Road” adapts a 2019 ProPublica feature by Lizzie Presser into an intimate portrait of the family’s forbearance in the face of dispossession.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2023
The second time he looked for her was after the dispossession.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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