second-class
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We're almost 10 years into the use of the video assistant referee, and still the match-going fan is treated like a second-class citizen.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Anthropologist Anastasia Piliavsky, part of a group called Ukrainian Cosmopolis which aims to defend freedom of thought and speech, believes Russian-speakers are being made to feel like second-class citizens who are deprived of their heritage.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“We will not accept fear being used to silence voters, and we will not accept new Americans being treated as less American because they were born somewhere else. No second-class citizens, no second-class voters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In contrast, gregarious and charismatic Roland Mackenzie finishes at Oxford with a less impressive second-class degree in physics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“But, sir,” I said, “even without my mother tongue, my average comes out higher than a second-class pass. So how could I have failed?”
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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