oppress

"These rules lack humanity and rationality, and they oppress us every day."

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

And we should be aware that others who abuse the word by taking it from us intend to oppress us.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2025

But that doesn’t mean she’s motivated by a desire to oppress.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2024

“But we certainly don’t want to oppress churches or a family member from getting out their family.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

It was during this Red Summer that black Americans, for the first time, mounted armed resistance against mobs of whites who were determined to oppress them and deny them their rights.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

As many critics pointed out, if merely seeing a same-sex couple in a storybook oppresses Christians, then what about the rest of the world?

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2025

“We do not feel our beliefs, voices and actions belong anywhere near a space that misrepresents and oppresses people of any background, ethnicity or race.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

We do not feel our beliefs, voices and actions belong anywhere near a space that misrepresents and oppresses people of any background, ethnicity or race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

Ms. Kouchner quotes a saying dear to her father Bernard: “Between the strong and the weak, it’s liberty that oppresses and the law that liberates.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021

There is a strange heaviness in the air—I say heaviness for want of a better word; I mean that it oppresses us both.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Faux explained that, theoretically, yes, there are many ways that Bitcoin could serve the marginalized and oppressed: It could be used in international remittances; it could protect wealth against irresponsible governments.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Finneas, the brother of pop star Billie Eilish, said artists should "not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

He posted Tuesday that "artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed."

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Jourdane spent his life championing the causes he believed in, such as safe conditions for workers, voting rights and standing up for the oppressed, his family said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Rather they were quite specifically the voice of the oppressed African-American - ‘these songs are the articulate message of the slave to the world’ - and should remain so.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The mayor fumbled when asked in a radio show about the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim group that China has been accused of oppressing, saying “What’s a Uygher?”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

"You can't recruit people from the same group you are oppressing on a day-to-day basis," he says.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023

She said she would do everything within the EU framework to reach the point of imposing sanctions against those responsible for oppressing women in Iran.

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2022

In this country, as much as we have this long tradition of excluding and oppressing, we also have a tradition of overcoming and resilience and fighting together.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2021

The fog had almost dissolved by the end of the second hour, but the day was still dark with low, oppressing clouds.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer