persecution

Example Sentences

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As a foreigner, Felix was afforded some security from persecution at the hands of French Catholics, provided he kept a low profile and focused on his studies.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of those Individuals who would face persecution if their identities became known to their own government.

From BBC

The case posed a fundamental clash between the government’s need to manage surges at the border and the moral and historic right to offer asylum to those fleeing persecution.

From Los Angeles Times

Pine martens were once common in the South West, but a loss of their woodland habitat and human persecution caused their extinction, conservationists said.

From BBC

But that sense of persecution and injustice is a sentiment shared by all sides of the conflict.

From BBC