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“You can’t love God and abuse the immigrant. You can’t love God and bully the outcast. You can’t love God and oppress the poor.”

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

"These rules lack humanity and rationality, and they oppress us every day."

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

But that doesn’t mean she’s motivated by a desire to oppress.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2024

A second committee will create a policy for refusing grant funding tied to “illegal occupation abroad” or that limit free speech or oppress minorities, according to the memorandum.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024

“Still this place seems to me a peaceful realm where no tyrannical king can oppress you.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

“We do not feel our beliefs, voices and actions belong anywhere near a space that misrepresents and oppresses people of any background, ethnicity or race.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

We do not feel our beliefs, voices and actions belong anywhere near a space that misrepresents and oppresses people of any background, ethnicity or race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

Ms. Kouchner quotes a saying dear to her father Bernard: “Between the strong and the weak, it’s liberty that oppresses and the law that liberates.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021

You talk about how music helps us make sense of our sorrows and what oppresses us, and to celebrate the joy, and what lifts us up.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2020

Almost all animals are disturbed by the approach of thunder, which oppresses them with its mounting tension and breaks the natural rhythm by which they live.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Faux explained that, theoretically, yes, there are many ways that Bitcoin could serve the marginalized and oppressed: It could be used in international remittances; it could protect wealth against irresponsible governments.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Jourdane spent his life championing the causes he believed in, such as safe conditions for workers, voting rights and standing up for the oppressed, his family said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Talarico, believing God is on the side of the oppressed and the marginalized, focuses his message to voters on equity and protecting personal freedom.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

His comments are in stark contradiction to those of Iran's head coach Amir Ghalenoei, who said his team were the "most oppressed" at the World Cup.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“The Panthers educated and empowered the people. That tactic of empowering the oppressed goes even further back than the Panthers though. Name one.”

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

“We took out a horrendous, horrible leader who was oppressing his own people,” Jost said.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

The mayor fumbled when asked in a radio show about the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim group that China has been accused of oppressing, saying “What’s a Uygher?”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

Sayce Holmes-Lewis, the founder and CEO of youth mentoring organisation Mentivity, said: "You can't recruit people from the same demographic you are oppressing on a daily basis."

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2023

She said she would do everything within the EU framework to reach the point of imposing sanctions against those responsible for oppressing women in Iran.

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2022

The fog had almost dissolved by the end of the second hour, but the day was still dark with low, oppressing clouds.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer