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adjective

as in oppressed

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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verb

past tense of tyrannize

as in dominated

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Ella is a young woman cursed to obey all instructions whose quest for self-determination also turns her into an advocate for the kingdom’s oppressed elves and ogres.

— Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Bellucci plays Giulio’s mother in an aristocratic Sicilian family that leaves her feeling oppressed.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026

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Domestically, the group dominated the awards circuit during their rookie year – earning the Next Generation Award at the 2026 Golden Disc Awards.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The pharmaceutical giant has sought out new avenues of success with cancer-treatment drugs and to catch up with its competitors, which have dominated the market for weight-loss medications.

— Sam Jacobs, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

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Timed around the natural breaks in the soccer calendar, dictated by international fixtures and the pause for Christmas, each leg will have its own mini table, including prizes for the winners.

— Dominic Preston, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2026
Of all the episodes, that was the one most dictated by location.

— Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

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This would rake in untold billions of dollars for the company — and all but ensure that its lofty, moral duty would forever be subjugated the money-making whims of Wall Street.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026
In a country like India, subjugated early in the history of capitalist imperialism, and then bullied after independence by the West, a degree of self-renunciation and collective sacrifice was widely understood to be requisite to economic and political self-strengthening.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

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Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor who became chair after his 2004 Presidential campaign, told me that part of the job is learning how to tune out the complaints, something Martin has apparently not yet mastered.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
And for me right now, the Weeknd, whatever that is, it’s been mastered.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026

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