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4 total sentences available.
It is astonishing to witness that the Iranians, onto whom the Arabs imposed Islam through military defeat, have become its most zealous followers to the point of oppressing those of Zoroastrianism, though it is the religion of their own fathers. A kind of Stockholm syndrome on the national scale.
Source: tatoeba (534598)
He realised that something was oppressing her.
Source: tatoeba (11791018)
Neo-Nazis think Pride is somehow an example of Jews oppressing white people, and that Pride parades make white people akin to Palestinians.
Source: tatoeba (11874886)
He argues that in the name of fighting terrorism, the government is oppressing political opposition.
Source: tatoeba (12141502)
Closest matches include oppressive, persecute, repress, repressive, stifling.
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