repression
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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
For now, that means interest rates returning to their level before financial repression began in earnest in 2008.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Villarreal: Agnes has only known obedience and repression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
It campaigned under the slogan "For peace and freedom! For a life without fear!" and advocated for a "ceasefire, diplomacy, and peace" and "for a Russia free from fear and political repression".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
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
“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
Memorial runs a database of victims of political repressions, and among the names are three people who were convicted in Soviet times over collaboration with Nazi Germany.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 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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