repression

"Maria, if you come back, my daughter has to come back!" a supporter shouted at her on Sunday, referring to one of the millions of Venezuelans who have fled repression and a moribund economy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

To play Sebastian, Guitarrica had to immerse himself in the character’s emotional repression, from which music is his only escape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Crowds of teenagers marched from the Place de la République in Paris, calling for more resources for schools, and what they called less repression from police.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bianco thinks the era of financial repression has given investors a distorted view of what returns they should expect from stocks and bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

He thought about the famed repression of the English.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

His later conviction marked a hardening of repressions against opponents of the war.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

And a queue of people waiting for their turn to read out the names of victims of Soviet repressions no longer snakes through central Moscow streets in late October.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 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