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“Yes, the queer community has villains, we have people who are seeking to oppress us,” Rice says in the film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

"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

A second committee will create a policy for refusing grant funding tied to “illegal occupation abroad” or that limit free speech or oppress minorities, according to the memorandum.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 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

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

He wasn't using certain language or gestures as a means of reinforcing a system that oppresses certain groups of people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2018

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

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

Talarico, believing God is on the side of the oppressed and the marginalized, focuses his message to voters on equity and protecting personal freedom.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Years later, she testified against him, but rather than feeling empowered, she felt "oppressed and helpless" as she watched the man walk free under decades-old laws Hong Kong is now seeking to overhaul.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

Sayce Holmes-Lewis, the founder and CEO of youth mentoring organisation Mentivity, said: "You can't recruit people from the same demographic you are oppressing on a daily basis."

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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

I want to make a film about how our society is oppressing itself.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2022

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