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abusers

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plural of abuser

as in oppressors

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But in the museum's current telling, history is just an ongoing power struggle between oppressors and the oppressed.

— Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 21 July 2026
An America where justice brings down oppressors and lifts up the ordinary.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

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Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

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Shakespeare humanizes the Elizabethan stage stereotype of the villainous Jew by giving Shylock ample reason for wanting to get back at his Christian persecutors.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.

— Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025

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Though the Colonel had many enemies, the violence of his death shocks the sleepy village and starts the tongues of the local gossips wagging.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Judith claims to be a forensic accountant, but is actually a career assassin whose very name sends shivers of fear through her enemies and ones of excitement through her admirers.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

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That’s a little simplistic — look at San Francisco’s Scott Wiener being chased from a trans rights event by hecklers accusing him of being pro-genocide.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of hecklers

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What happens next depends on the antagonists vying over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

— Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
The games are known for the exhilaration of the first-person shootouts, organic open-world playgrounds, unique stories, and memorable antagonists.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 July 2026

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