oppression

Example Sentences

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By making injustice into a kind of orphan, oppression is made to seem like the natural order of things.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

"Long term, it's actually scared away investors, he said. "And all the oppression also affected how investors see Saudi Arabia as a government, as a country, that lacks what investors want, which is predictability.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The psychological damage from the labor camp coupled with the oppression of the Communist regime infiltrated the house, where her mother’s constant cleaning and other drudgery was a way of maintaining sanity and order.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"The current damaged site will be preserved as a war museum at the university to remain a document of the country's scientific oppression in history," said Zafarollah Kalantari, head of Isfahan University of Technology.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

This closing of the port of Boston was indeed tyranny; this was oppression; this was the last straw upon the back of many a moderate man.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes