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"This victory is a shining light for everyone who has been oppressed and a strong warning to any company or contractor practising different forms of torture and abuse."

From BBC

As Paul Waldman recently wrote in his newsletter, Trump tells men "you are oppressed."

From Salon

In an unfair system in which oppression is necessary to win esteem, white people are forced to seek out contorted ways to identify with oppressed groups, creating a twisted and tiring game of identity fraud.

From Slate

It’s a petty mindset that does not acknowledge the disadvantages of actually being oppressed.

From Slate

“When Jesus came, he came with better understanding. You don't kill people that are possessed or oppressed of demons, you simply cast the demons out,” he says.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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