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genocide

[jen-uh-sahyd] / ˈdʒɛn əˌsaɪd /


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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

Lowering the threshold is unnecessary to find Myanmar committed genocide.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Srebrenica would be ruled a genocide by an international court.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

It also helped show that an animated kids series can tackle weighty themes such as war, genocide, imperialism, sexism, propaganda and political corruption in a serialized story and be a hit.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Generally speaking, writers avoid using the word genocide in history and textbooks about North America and the United States.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

So far, the center has speakers lined up from the Rwandan and Cambodian genocides and is working to include Native voices.

From Seattle Times Feb. 24, 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

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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