oppress
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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
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
From the moment that Hitler took power in Germany and began to oppress the Jews, I tried to keep track of what was happening.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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