repressive
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To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses under the most repressive regimes and held an open competition to fund groups to work in those countries.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
“But it’s shifting what he represents in death: from a repressive figure many wanted gone, to the architect of a strategy that, in the end, kept the country intact against its gravest modern threat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Utopia 56 blamed "repressive" policies by the French and British governments for the latest tragedy.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
Levine Cava, the Miami-Dade mayor, said her Venezuelan constituents—Miami has the largest Venezuelan exile community in the U.S.—fear returning to a country where the same repressive regime remains in power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
For example, Hawaiian history was repeatedly punctuated by revolts against repressive chiefs, usually led by younger brothers promising less oppression.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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