repression
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They later leaned on their religious pedigree, a history ruling northern Yemen and harsh repression to expand their territory in the wake of the Arab Spring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The objects in the exhibition often tell a sad and tragic story of repression, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
After 77 years of intervals of tolerance alternating with intervals of repression, official statistics acknowledge 44 million registered Christians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Villarreal: Agnes has only known obedience and repression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
There is non-fiction, too; histories of the Russian Revolution, of Stalin’s repressions, the fall of communism and of modern Russia’s failed attempts to build democracy.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
Research and public debate about mass repressions by Stalin also have faced significant resistance in recent years.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
"We are seeing extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future," the 20-year-old Thunberg said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2023
“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
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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