brainwash

“It created a model that proved to local municipalities, to local politicians that these spaces weren’t dangerous places that are going to brainwash your kids or whatever.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

"And they brainwash people to join and they convince them of all of these things, and it's really, really hard to get out of it."

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2022

“If we had the power to brainwash kids, we’d have them do their homework.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

"He was trying to brainwash me, manipulate me and he still had control of me and I didn't like it," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2021

They can design dream weapons that come to life in my hands, but they will never again brainwash me into the necessity of using them.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Young people mustn’t watch too many films with violence because it brainwashes and disturbs them.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2015

I am not saying the Army brainwashes you.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a totalitarian sci-fi world, a hammer thrown by a young athlete smashes a "Big Brother" figure declaiming to brainwashed citizens from a vast screen.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

Mark Harris realized that his father and Freeman had brainwashed him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

They have been brainwashed into thinking it's not just 'the right way' to play, it's also 'the only way' - but there are many pitfalls to this approach and my priorities were always very different.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025

The idea that someone could be brainwashed to the point of self-destruction shook the public to its core.

From Salon ● May 18, 2025

Imagine: You’ve been brainwashed into believing that your blood is tainted.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

“To me, it was about brainwashing, about the state taking over,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

"Actually, there's brainwashing here in China too, but it's not as severe," he said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

"The continuing brainwashing of 'you can only play in this way', up until recently scared the living daylights out of coaches, particularly young coaches," he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

O’Neill also explains that psychiatrist Louis Jolyon “Jolly” West, who is known to have ties to the MKUltra project, was conducting research on brainwashing in the Haight-Ashbury area at that time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

In the past he had had the reputation of being recalcitrant, stubborn, a player who marched to his own beat and always seemed to fight off the brainwashing aspects of the Mojo mystique.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger