as in persecuted
suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority
when the tyrannized masses could take no more, a violent and bloody revolution became inevitable
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One of the reasons why Muslims fast during Ramadan is to remember those who are oppressed or suffering, and to share in those emotions.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
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One answer was to build a Jewish state; the other, to fight for the emancipation of all oppressed people through universalist, often left-wing, politics.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Although the new commercial space ethos of building satellites fast and cheap has dominated Earth imaging from space for years, deep-space astronomy has so far been headed mostly in the opposite direction — trending toward more complex machines worth billions of dollars.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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This winter's offseason is going to be dominated by the Kyle Tucker sweepstakes.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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But on Thursday, their whole game unraveled, and the Avs dictated play until well into the third period, when the game was no longer in doubt.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The salaries are dictated by the teachers union.—
Sequoia Carrillo,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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All expanded the Russian empire -- and subjugated the people and areas that now form Ukraine.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
13 Aug. 2025
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You’re not supposed to have already mastered every bullet on the job description.—
Vicki Salemi,
Boston Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Zuckerberg looks for job candidates who have mastered a skill and can apply it across business areas at the company.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Tyrannized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyrannized. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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