oppressor
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In his 1951 book, “The Rebel,” Albert Camus wrote that “every revolutionary ends up as an oppressor or a heretic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
To keep them, he said, meant treating the victim the same as the oppressor.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
In an Instagram video on Wednesday, Neeleman said her husband was portrayed as an oppressor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
Varying somewhat by era, country and circumstance, the mob invents its chosen oppressor in its own image.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2024
I would have felt a little giddy if Miss Marva Hendrix hadn’t soured the day by making me out to be my sisters’ oppressor.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
And they told stories about characters like Br’er Rabbit and Anansi, tricksters who provided models for overcoming powerful oppressors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
It’s an artistic choice that also blurs boundaries between oppressed and oppressors, revealing the complicity of the American Dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
The victims, he said, should not be treated the same way as the oppressors.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
I believed that his election would erase racism and force oppressors to see the errors of their ways.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2024
I want to be like Moses, who led the children of Israel from the land of the oppressors.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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