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genocide

[jen-uh-sahyd] / ˈdʒɛn əˌsaɪd /


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“As Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

"As Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation," he wrote, also noting that Sheeran was a friend who "has changed my life."

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Afterward, Connolly said she told Trump that “the normalization of war and genocide can never be accepted,” citing Ireland’s own history of famine, colonization and the Troubles.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

It can’t infer genocide willy-nilly if there are other reasonable inferences that can be drawn.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Eventually, even the Urban League came to take the claims of genocide seriously.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Kavazović and Rosensaft committed to collaborate in times of crisis, maintain consistent and compassionate channels of communication, remember and commemorate the victims of past genocides and repudiate all forms of bigotry.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2024

Kim, 47, knew that anyone there of his age or older had survived one of the most brutal genocides of the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2022

The question underpinning his statement remains ever relevant: In the face of wars, genocides and other atrocities, does art-making serve any purpose?

From New York Times Jun. 21, 2022

The two genocides of the 1990s - in central Africa and the former Yugoslavia - showed what happened when the Security Council was challenged to live up to words of the UN charter.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2022

She said a local gallery in Rochester, called the Visual Studies Workshop, had been showing photography from genocides around the world, and perhaps we could do an exhibit there.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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