persecution
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Such agreements with other countries have often involved people who are legally protected from returning to their own countries, for reasons such as persecution.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“While the government withheld funding in defiance of its obligations, children were left to face deportation proceedings alone, and some potentially returned to the very abuse, persecution, and danger they fled,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
He is due to appear in court on August 3 to face fraud and money-laundering charges, which he denies, claiming to be the continued victim of "persecution."
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
A driving force behind building the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Pritzker’s ancestors fled Russian persecution in modern-day Ukraine in the late 1800s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I know I’m right. You’ve got a bad persecution complex. You think people are trying to harm you. “People are trying to harm me.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
“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
The Gowers claim this started a flurry of Welsh words appearing, like "hir am aros", which means long-suffering - and "erlidiau", which means persecutions.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2023
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
She endured the persecutions heaped upon her by the Government with exemplary fortitude and never wavered from her commitment to the freedom struggle.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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