oppression
Example Sentences
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You have all these characters that are literally standing up to oppression and fascism, and those who are in power and they show an amount of corruption that you think only happens in books.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Instead, Lawrence presented the emperor with the city’s poor and maligned, insisting that he confront the oppression he had forced on them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Literature’s importance, we observe, is to liberate the imagination—to escape oppression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Their political outlook, formed in part by their experience with English oppression on the British isles, was much more suspicious of government authority.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
His oppression began with a long vowel “o.”
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Vocabulary lists containing oppression
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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