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Example sentences for: persecution

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I will assume for argument's sake that the author is not blatantly anti-Semitic, but is only trying to outline the theories put forward over the centuries which account for the survival of the Jewish people in the face of hundreds of years of persecution.
Both papers note that even before this decision, the new law has produced a much more active deportation rate, and so even though the decision doesn't have that much direct impact because comparatively few illegal immigrants claim political persecution, it may still cut a rather wide swath, because in the words of the Post , it has "great potential to intimidate immigrants and make them wary of speaking out about any political matter for fear of drawing attention to their illegal status."
This Catholic Church replaced many of the secret chapels which were built for worship during the period of Catholic persecution and was completed in 1887.
Dole called Walsh's investigation "an outrageous $35 million political persecution of Republicans," and applauded the pardons.
Its name is said to derive from the French word jardin since a large contingent of French Huguenots came to live here to escape political persecution in their homeland.