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They were poor and downtrodden.
a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026
Wonder if there's a former Alabama defensive coach looking to be a coordinator for a downtrodden NFC East franchise.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
But, the token rebounded early Tuesday and has continued to trade above the $90,000 level through the week, offering a glimmer of hope to downtrodden crypto investors.
—Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
Tapping the engineer behind Johnny Cash renditions of Soundgarden and Glenn Danzig tunes casts Childers’s stories of downtrodden Americans in a new light.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Downtrodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downtrodden. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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downtrodden
adjective
down·trod·den
ˈdau̇n-ˈträd-ᵊn 
: crushed by superior power
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