repression
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After World War II, the policy response was financial repression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The European Union parliament's rapporteur on Turkey condemned the arrests as "a shocking escalation in the repression" in the country Turkey.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The objects in the exhibition often tell a sad and tragic story of repression, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Villarreal: Agnes has only known obedience and repression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Ciskei had a history of repression against the ANC and in 1991 Brigadier Gqozo had declared a State of Emergency in the Ciskei to curtail what he called ANC-sponsored terrorism.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
His later conviction marked a hardening of repressions against opponents of the war.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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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