persecution
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The pontiff said Europe was "entering a new stage" with the arrival of men and women fleeing war and persecution, urging countries to welcome them.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Human persecution had caused the bird's extinction, with the last pair breeding in southern England in 1780.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Melancholic and unyielding, James’ Booker Prize longlisted new novel, ‘The Disappearers,’ captures a community fighting to exist despite relentless persecution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“We are terrified daily of persecution and still show up sometimes better than everyone around us. Did you know that?”
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
The Jehovah’s Witnesses held out, too, refusing to salute the Nazi flag even though it meant persecution.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
“I think of Germany, Hitler and the persecutions there, I thought that was just history,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
“Have the merciless persecutions and unutterable tortures of the dark ages not yet opened their eyes and enlarged their heart for the alleviation of their fellow men’s woes?”
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025
The Gowers claim this started a flurry of Welsh words appearing, like "hir am aros", which means long-suffering - and "erlidiau", which means persecutions.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2023
What may help reduce the persecutions, as in South Africa, is providing pensions to the elderly, which appears to confer social protection.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
Since I know it is all for Christ's good, I am quite content with my weaknesses and with insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing persecution
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Vocabulary from "Stop Expecting Games to Build Empathy" by Julie Muncy
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"Bonne Annee," Vocabulary from the personal essay
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