peasant
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A small group of men hoards wealth and resources, while the peasant class is heavily taxed, laws brutally enforced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
They impacted the lives of more than 100 million people through trade unions, peasant organisations, student wings and disciplined cadre networks.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Within five years a French resurgence would gather momentum, driven by the intervention of a 17-year-old peasant girl known as Joan of Arc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
“It’s like reading an old English novel when you’re the peasant, and you’re not recognized.”
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
She’s wearing bell-bottom pants and a peasant blouse with puffy sleeves, and she has shiny dangling earrings.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
The late French queen is best known for her supposedly callous, clueless, privileged suggestion that if the peasants couldn’t get enough bread, they should eat cake instead.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
"We are peasants, our houses were destroyed, and we have no help so far," said Muslimo Hassan Isaq, 56.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
This was distinct from Europe where aristocrats lived off inherited wealth, only peasants labored manually and one’s place in society was fixed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
"We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture," the vice-president said.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
But they’re not peasants and, besides, they’re old.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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