pogrom
Example Sentences
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“I see the result in a very good light,” he told Army Radio when asked about what the interviewer referred to as a pogrom.
From Seattle Times
Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, however, pogroms — riots incited to terrorize and kill Jews — led many across the Russian Empire to emigrate.
From Washington Post
Councilman Paul Koretz, who is running for city controller and co-authored the Ukraine resolution, said his mother’s family fled Kyiv a century ago to escape Russian pogroms.
From Los Angeles Times
Three of the four were born into poverty in rural Romania, which the family fled for America amid threats of antisemitic pogroms.
From Washington Post
This Memorial Day coincides with the 100th anniversary of the white supremacist pogrom in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
From Salon
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