persecution
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The lower court had said people targeted with deportation must be given effective notice ahead of time about where they are being sent to allow them to raise concerns about potential persecution.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Human persecution had caused the bird's extinction, with the last pair breeding in southern England in 1780.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“We are terrified daily of persecution and still show up sometimes better than everyone around us. Did you know that?”
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
A history of persecution on behalf of the U.S. government ingrained fear in Puerto Ricans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
I was sitting in Psychology 101 when the professor read the symptoms aloud from the overhead screen: depression, mania, paranoia, euphoria, delusions of grandeur and persecution.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
“I think of Germany, Hitler and the persecutions there, I thought that was just history,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
“Have the merciless persecutions and unutterable tortures of the dark ages not yet opened their eyes and enlarged their heart for the alleviation of their fellow men’s woes?”
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025
What may help reduce the persecutions, as in South Africa, is providing pensions to the elderly, which appears to confer social protection.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
"We do not intend in any way to question the right of asylum for those fleeing wars and persecutions," she told the lower house of parliament.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2022
Since I know it is all for Christ's good, I am quite content with my weaknesses and with insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing persecution
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Vocabulary from "Stop Expecting Games to Build Empathy" by Julie Muncy
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"Bonne Annee," Vocabulary from the personal essay
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