oppressing

Example Sentences

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“We took out a horrendous, horrible leader who was oppressing his own people,” Jost said.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

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

She asked participants to realize that an Afghanistan that is oppressing more than half its population cannot be a reliable partner in the world.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021

This priest, Bartolomé de las Casas, suggested using imported African laborers instead of oppressing the native people.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis