police state
Example Sentences
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Similar to the way Lamar’s performance was laden with symbolism about Black history, life and death under the American police state, Bad Bunny placed cultural tributes in plain sight.
From Salon
The book’s most edifying compilations recount the Soviet people’s unconquerable yearning to live, create and love freely, despite the daily menaces of a police state and deafening propaganda.
It is a plan that admits the realities of life in a police state.
“This campus has essentially become a police state,” Elisa Pabon, the postdoctoral unit chair for the union, said gesturing to uniformed security guards standing nearby.
From Los Angeles Times
“This is not a police state, it’s a state that provides security,” Ulloa said.
From Seattle Times
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