repression
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Emphasizing compassion and kindness, the Dalai Lama’s spiritual and moral leadership exemplifies the victory of freedom and faith over autocracy and repression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
In the face of deportation fears and political repression, the Los Angeles goth scene provides Latinos an outlet for cultural pride and shameless expression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
The blast came weeks after Thailand's then-ruling junta forcibly repatriated 109 Uyghurs to China, where rights groups say the Muslim minority face cultural and religious repression.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
The sanctions come as Tanzania continues to investigate reports of political repression and abuses surrounding the general election held last October.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
In spite of the severe repression, a number of new ANC branches sprang up in the Zeerust area, one of them having recruited about two thousand members.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vladimir not only uses his art to comment on the present, but to shine a light on Russia's dark past - the repressions of the Stalin era.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
Human rights advocates worry that more repressions are ahead.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
“The repressions have destroyed procedural and professional guarantees for lawyers’ activities, resulting in the effective destruction of legal defense in the country.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
"We have observed an increase in repressions everywhere. Some leaders have been stopped on the way, they were not allowed to pass," he said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2023
By disparagement, by starvation, by repressions, forced direction, and the stunning hammerblows of conditioning, the free, roving mind is being pursued, roped, blunted, drugged.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing repression
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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"The Story of an Hour"
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Beyond Vietnam" (1967)
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