the downtrodden
noun
: people who are without hope because of being treated badly by powerful people, governments, etc.
He showed compassion for the downtrodden.
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Walter thought back to his team’s negotiations over the winter with Ohtani, who was a free agent after six seasons with the downtrodden Angels.
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Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
That’s why each and every courageous card in this drop, including the all-new, legendary Captain America, is dedicated to protecting the downtrodden.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
In reality, Kelce plays the downtrodden husband of Lois' daughter Merritt (Raven Goodwin), who has been having an affair with Lois.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
No surprise that the glamorous, well-off writer’s home is everything that the downtrodden paralegal’s is not: spacious, plushly furnished, strewn with high fashion and elegant ornaments, and, most alluringly of all to the suffocated Mercedes, completely unoccupied.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
That’s why each and every courageous card in this drop, including the all-new, legendary Captain America, is dedicated to protecting the downtrodden.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
In reality, Kelce plays the downtrodden husband of Lois' daughter Merritt (Raven Goodwin), who has been having an affair with Lois.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
No surprise that the glamorous, well-off writer’s home is everything that the downtrodden paralegal’s is not: spacious, plushly furnished, strewn with high fashion and elegant ornaments, and, most alluringly of all to the suffocated Mercedes, completely unoccupied.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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“The downtrodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20downtrodden. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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