as in oppressed
suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority
a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation
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But one of the more challenging things to find are these shacks or more downtrodden homes that are falling apart, but are also in beautiful locations.
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Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2024
In Ayad Akhtar’s new play, McNeal, a downtrodden novelist played by Robert Downey Jr. points out that Shakespeare’s King Lear shares 70 percent of its words with a predecessor play, King Leir.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Her husband, Marshall (Courtney B. Vance) is alive and well; her daughter Merritt (Raven Goodwin) is a doctor working to find a cure for cancer who is married to a downtrodden and disheveled Ed (Kelce).
—Julia Moore, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
For Israelis—downtrodden and demoralized since October 7—the IDF’s counteroffensive recalled the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Israel also rapidly prevailed thanks to a superior air force.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
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Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2024
In Ayad Akhtar’s new play, McNeal, a downtrodden novelist played by Robert Downey Jr. points out that Shakespeare’s King Lear shares 70 percent of its words with a predecessor play, King Leir.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Her husband, Marshall (Courtney B. Vance) is alive and well; her daughter Merritt (Raven Goodwin) is a doctor working to find a cure for cancer who is married to a downtrodden and disheveled Ed (Kelce).
—Julia Moore, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
For Israelis—downtrodden and demoralized since October 7—the IDF’s counteroffensive recalled the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Israel also rapidly prevailed thanks to a superior air force.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
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