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Example sentences for: persecuted

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Unless the stowaways can prove they were persecuted in China, they will be sent home.
The plan does not include the Swiss government, whose central bank received the vast majority of wealth stolen by Nazis from Jews and other persecuted groups.
The 130-km (78-mile) drive northeast of Calgary on Highway 9 takes you through wheat-growing country where you may see the farming communities of Hutterites, an austere religious sect originally from Slovakia, often persecuted for their pacifism.
The first Anglican place of worship in Boston, it stands on land taken by Governor Andros from the burial ground next door: The Puritans refused to sell any land that would be used to benefit a denomination that had persecuted them.
Instead, he consolidated the state by expanding eastward and accepting minority populations, including persecuted Jews from across Europe, into the predominantly Catholic nation.