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oppressor

[uh-pres-er] / əˈprɛs ər /


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Linda, a “Survivor” fan who pleasure-reads books about making it in the wild, suddenly gains strength over her corporate oppressor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

To keep them, he said, meant treating the victim the same as the oppressor.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

Evidence of enjoyment of life directly rebuts the central proposition of the oppressor – namely, that the oppressed is inferior.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

“Daddy was always very proud of his time in the Army, even though he later understood and saw the United States military as an oppressor of our people,” says his daughter, Noemí Sánchez González.

From National Geographic • Nov. 10, 2023

She might not have used the word, but I heard her calling me an oppressor.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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