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Having faced decades of persecution, namely during the 1914-1923 Assyrian genocide (Seyfo), the Assyrian community in Iraq has been decimated.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025 -
Rashad Jamal, the former rapper who leads the University of Cosmic Intelligence and is now serving 18 years on child-molestation charges, has repeatedly cast his prosecution as persecution.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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Camarena’s body was found a month later with evidence of torture and abuse.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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But the two youngest children, Russell and Eve, were taken with Ruby in the move to Ivins — and were subjected to cruel torture at the hands of their mother and her business partner.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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In her debut memoir, No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce, Haley Mlotek shows how this central incompatibility yields a useful provocation: There are hazards in relying on stories as the prevailing metaphor for one’s romantic experiences, and even one’s life in total.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Beyond the political and economic provocations, European leaders are struggling to make sense of the Trump administration’s strategy for Ukraine.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Molestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molestation. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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