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heavy hand

noun as in oppression

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As the Donald Trump campaign continues to fume over editing practices on "60 Minutes," Fox News is seemingly using a heavy hand to make the former president look good.

From Salon

Although they arrived too late to help him, Ervin said the NLRB’s findings in the case brought by his former drivers was a “monumental victory” that resonates with “every Amazon subcontractor and employee who has felt the heavy hand of intimidation and bullying by Amazon.”

If the duke thought his heavy hand would stabilize Burgundy's wine sector and move the region towards prosperity, he was wrong.

From Salon

In Egypt, the heavy hand of coercion was everywhere, and people had good reason to fear participating in what we would consider to be ordinary political activities.

From Slate

In practice, the state wields a heavy hand in most sectors — imposing radical, sometimes half-baked reforms by decree.

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

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