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Recent Examples of subjugate Leading his fellow countrymen, Tell embarks on a courageous rebellion, seeking to defend their liberty and stand against the tyrannical forces that seek to subjugate them. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024 Here were Haitians asserting their culture in a country that subjugated them to their own for centuries. Shelcy Joseph, Essence, 2 Aug. 2024 Few politicians have so thoroughly capitulated and subjugated themselves to Trump in the hopes of advancing their own political careers. Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2024 From intimate partner violence to inappropriate conduct with minors, every woman and child that was affiliated with the pair became subjugated to intense scrutiny and surveillance online. Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for subjugate 
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  • The capital was well-situated on busy trade routes between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, and between Arabia, Egypt, Syria, and Phoenicia starting in the 4th century B.C. The site flourished up until Romans conquered the Nabateans in the beginning of the 2nd century A.D.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In it, a group of alien invaders come to conquer Earth and disguise themselves in human form as a 1950s biker gang.
    Vogue, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
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  • If shelter cost inflation remains subdued, that may help move U.S. inflation lower still.
    Simon Moore, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Another video shows a heated exchange between a man and two officers, culminating in the man being handcuffed, visibly bloodied and subdued with a stun gun.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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  • Latino voters took a big right turn in an election dominated by voter outrage over the high cost of food and housing, helping Donald Trump secure a second term in the White House.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In the countywide races across Michigan's most affluent county, Democratic incumbents dominated as expected although voters ousted a first-term Democrat serving as Bloomfield Township supervisor.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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  • In an order filed Tuesday, Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III explained that allowing the co-defendants to be tried jointly would subject Houck and Joseph to unfair prejudice.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Yet Horse Crazy is one of the best American novels about obsession in part because the narrator mostly dislikes Gregory, subjecting this object of lust to the same derisive interior voice that comments on virtually every other aspect of his life.
    Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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  • The aftermath of Israel’s 1982 invasion illustrates another stark fact: permanently weakening or even defeating an organization can give rise to new ones.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
  • And four hearts doubled could and should have been defeated.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024

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“Subjugate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subjugate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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