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genocide

[jen-uh-sahyd] / ˈdʒɛn əˌsaɪd /


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This was where thousands of Nama and Herero people were killed by Germany's colonial army during the 1904-1908 genocide.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

There’s no attempt to describe the victims of genocide as responsible for their own fate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

On Tuesday, JD Vance’s official X account posted a message acknowledging the Armenian genocide during his visit to Armenia.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026

Ukrainians have termed their own word for the barrage -- "Kholodomor", a reference to the Holodomor, the 1930s famine orchestrated by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin that Kyiv considers a genocide.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

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

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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