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Examples

  • Burn the Bodies-Oppress the press and thus avoid transparency.

    Mexico: U.S. Is Borderline to Third World? 2009

  • Refusing to Oppress yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Refusing to Oppress'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Israeli high-school students refuse to be conscripted into the Israeli military and are imprisoned.'

    Refusing to Oppress 2008

  • Oppress not the True Believers, or they will curse you and ill report of you will reach the Caliph, wherefore dishonour will betide both me and you.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Oppress the people and restrict freedoms while accelerating normalization with Israel, and follow more closely Washington's orders.

    Sunday, April 30, 2006 As'ad 2006

  • Oppress this,” said Killaine, grabbing his wrist;

    Time Was Perry, Steve 1998

  • Oppress not the cubs of the stranger, but hail them as Sister and Brother,

    The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Oppress not the cubs of the stranger, but hail them as Sister and Brother,

    Songs from Books Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Oppress not the cubs of the stranger, but hail them as Sister and Brother,

    The Jungle Book. 1893

  • And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.

    The Holy Bible: Darby Translation Anonymous 1867

  • Oppress their neighbors and become the wise men of their day;

    A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866

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