repressed
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Hungary was under one-party communist rule between 1949 and 1989 that repressed dissent.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
As a result, population growth is repressed, curbing tax revenue and potentially squeezing credit quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
In “Beowulf” and other works, these wetlands have also offered a useful literary metaphor as keepers of cultural memory and symbols of repressed terrors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“They have to repress themselves. So they want others to be repressed as well. ‘How dare you live outside of this box and have freedom of choice and a comfortable, fun, beautiful life?”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
In the shadows of her house, the solitary widow who at one time had been the confidante of his repressed loves and whose persistence had saved his life was a specter out of the past.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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