oppress
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"These rules lack humanity and rationality, and they oppress us every day."
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
But that doesn’t mean she’s motivated by a desire to oppress.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2024
This is the hard truth: There is no such thing as pure blood, and no cultural group or human being has the right to oppress another.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2024
His recent homilies, based on Jesus’ teachings about love of God and neighbor as well as the importance of acting out one’s values, have denounced “dictators who say they love God but oppress the people.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023
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
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