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Example sentences for: plight

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An op-ed column in the Jerusalem Post drew parallels between the plight of Kosovar Albanians and "the Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the Jewish displaced persons ...
Cohen hits bottom when he compares the gangster Louis Lepke's flight from justice to the plight of Anne Frank, and when he compares his own grandfather to a drug dealer.
But, without expressing any sympathy for the plight of the East Timorese, it also warned that "Indonesians must realise that, in this era of globalization, self-isolation and disregard of the accepted universal norms of international conduct can lead to political and economic devastation for the nation."
In a 1998 article Herrera-Sobek discusses the use of corridos in several Mexican films that depict the plight of the illegal immigrant, or el mojado.
The state office on domestic violence has pointedly agreed, warning that the ruling could cause abused women to hesitate in bringing their plight before the courts for fear of being chastised for their trouble.