martyr
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As the nation abandoned Reconstruction, a generation of politicians and historians recast Johnson as a martyr to congressional tyranny.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
Her Elizabeth is neither martyr nor saint, just a woman who wants to live as she’s always lived for as long as she can.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Actor and Tibetan activist Richard Gere headlined an hourslong Times Square rally on Saturday honoring Lobga where many wore T-shirts depicting him as a martyr surrounded by flames.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A local newspaper quoted his mother, Sadaf Monfared, as saying the boy told her he "would like to become a martyr".
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
In a eulogy two friends said Ferris had “miscalculated his powers of endurance, and he died a martyr to his ambition for fame and prominence.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Individual members prosecuted were seen by themselves and the faithful as martyrs for the cause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Maysan Suleiman, a 35-year-old from Al-Ram, said she came to commemorate "the martyrs".
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
They are just a few of the most famous martyrs of the movement that gave birth to the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
“We call them our martyrs and our heroes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
We were proud of our precious red scarves, which, like the national flag, were dyed red with the blood of our revolutionary martyrs.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
Did Jutta’s death undermine her causes or, in the way of martyred saints, give them immortality?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Oh, my martyred child," he wailed, "oh my darling."
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Mohammad Mokhber, a former Iranian vice president, called the new supreme leader “the complete mirror of our martyred leader, Imam Khamenei.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
"He was martyred near the mosque while trying to leave," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
The nation could hardly bury its martyred Father Abraham with a lead ball lodged in his brain.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
If there is a way to avoid martyring the guy by giving him the “great honor” of being jailed for a few hours, that would be useful.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2024
“I think he wanted something on his résumé, some way of martyring himself, so he could say ‘They’re out to get me.’”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
Now they have jumped on the grievance train, martyring themselves for the cause:
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2021
David Cronenberg’s “The Dead Zone” makes a curse out of a gift, martyring a man who can see the future at the price of his life.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2017
She sits down next to me, crunching and martyring her way through the bowl of dry cereal, eyeing my plate the whole time.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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