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liberation

[lib-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˌlɪb əˈreɪ ʃən /


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In Guitarrica’s music, masculinity is expressed differently, as if reclaiming some of its toxic traits for queer liberation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

D-Day, on 6 June 1944, saw British, American and Canadian troops storm beaches along the Normandy coastline to begin the liberation of France from Nazi occupation.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“I hope to keep making records, but I also have the understanding that I have the freedom and liberation to be able to make a record and not necessarily worry about its commercial prospects.”

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

“That’s also the story of Black people when we lean into our liberation, right?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

At university, where Robbie discovered that he was cleverer than many of the people he met, his liberation was complete.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Indigenous communities - many disenchanted by years of unmet government promises - have long histories of occupations, which they call liberations.

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2022

And, come to think of it, are the “light” and the “white gleam” in those lyrics actual liberations or symbols of a colonized consciousness?

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 26, 2019

“Notre-Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicenter of our lives,” he said.

From Fox News ● Apr. 16, 2019

“The place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicenter of our lives.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2019

One may legitimately maintain, with Edith Wyatt, that the traditional methods of English verse are to the true artist not oppressions but liberations.

From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry


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