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Noun
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Trump presented Ramaphosa with news articles and video clips in an attempt to bolster his disproven claims that White farmers in South Africa are facing persecution.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
21 May 2025 -
This same upside-down logic is now being used to portray the suppression of campus speech as a blow against religious persecution.—
Robert Helfand,
Hartford Courant,
21 May 2025
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Maduro, accusing them of participating in a coup, began a brutal crackdown, which has included the torture, secret detention, and killing of protesters, opposition-party members, and their relatives, according to Human Rights Watch.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Victims were subjected to enslavement, forced disappearance, torture and murder, among other crimes, the investigators found.—
Renata Brito,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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What's intriguing about Shopify's provocation is not whether AI can do the job.—
Erica Schoder,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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However, the Philippines holds a candle to the devil by currying favor and colluding with the U.S. and other outside countries to make provocations.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
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“Molestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molestation. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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