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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The Irish were the original oppressed people from the English Empire, and the original colony.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026 -
The body pointed to the fact that Iran’s Farabi cinema body, which oversees the country’s submission, was directly controlled by the hardline Islamic Republic regime government, which in turn has suppressed freedom of speech and brutally oppressed filmmakers across its 47 years in power.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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North Paulding baseball coach Matt Richardson broke tradition on Monday when his team dominated a Georgia powerhouse to make the state championship.—
Jack Leo,
AJC.com,
22 May 2026
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Busch dominated the October 2016 Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 from the pole for the third straight year, leading 150 of 200 laps for his 85th career Xfinity Series win.—
Jeff Rosen,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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What comes next for the brand will be dictated by the unusual pairing.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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At the time, USC had 18 Black players on its roster, including at the crucial quarterback and tailback positions—no small thing, in an era when the prevailing stereotype dictated that Black players weren’t smart enough or good-enough leaders to play quarterback.—
Jemele Hill,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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This campy, reality-shifting comedy series questions what would happen if a flaming misogynist woke up in a world that was completely matriarchal and subjugated men based on their gender.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Everflame is set in a world where mortals live in poverty, subjugated by an elite race known as the Descended.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2026
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Sony has also reportedly partnered with three studios — Battery Studios, Sterling Sound, and Coast Mastering — that have mastered Grammy-winning records to help tune the ColleXion’s bespoke audio drivers.—
Jess Weatherbed,
The Verge,
18 May 2026
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The professionals who excel at small talk have mastered the follow-up question.—
Andy Molinsky,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Tyrannized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyrannized. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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