as in harassment
something that causes mental distress
The media's constant persecution was beginning to affect their lives.
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The persecution of opposition politicians, critics, activists, journalists, and union leaders has only increased since.
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Ian Bremmer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Gabriel said his intent was for the state’s new law to protect all victims of genocide, persecution and political plundering.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Legal title of a work by Claude Monet, seized by the Nazis from a Jewish couple who fled Vienna in 1938 to avoid persecution, has been returned to their heirs after federal authorities obtained it.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
There is also solid momentum around Germany’s unexpected entry The Seed of the Sacred Fig by celebrated Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof, who is living in exile in the country, having fled persecution in his native Iran.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
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Ian Bremmer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Gabriel said his intent was for the state’s new law to protect all victims of genocide, persecution and political plundering.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Legal title of a work by Claude Monet, seized by the Nazis from a Jewish couple who fled Vienna in 1938 to avoid persecution, has been returned to their heirs after federal authorities obtained it.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
There is also solid momentum around Germany’s unexpected entry The Seed of the Sacred Fig by celebrated Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof, who is living in exile in the country, having fled persecution in his native Iran.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Persecution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persecution. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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