oppression
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Jurors decided that Grossman also acted with malice and oppression and Erickson acted with malice, oppression, or fraud.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
By making injustice into a kind of orphan, oppression is made to seem like the natural order of things.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
Mohammadi, 54, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her activism against female oppression in Iran and promoting human rights.
From BBC • May 10, 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
For not only had Mamá and Daddy outsmarted segregation and oppression and sent all four of their children to college, but our daughters would be college educated as well.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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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