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genocide

[jen-uh-sahyd] / ˈdʒɛn əˌsaɪd /


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"We're not playing with genocide, we're playing against genocide," Hallgrimmson said.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“But as Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine, and violent occupation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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

Myanmar, that could drastically lower the legal threshold for genocide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

He had reported almost every war of the twentieth century, like the Spanish Civil War, and the genocide in East Timor, and bad stuff that happened in Africa.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer

It also commemorates the millions of people outside of the Jewish faith who were murdered through Nazi persecution and those targeted in more recent genocides.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025

They say going to abandoned nuclear plants or countries where genocides took place is a way to understand the harsh realities of current political turmoil, climate calamities, war and the growing threat of authoritarianism.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2022

Monuments have long commemorated the loss of life from calamitous events: wars, genocides, terrorist attacks.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2022

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

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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