face persecution
Frequency: 8.120.5 per million words
To be confronted with the threat or reality of persecution.
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Examples (10)
- Some students returning to the country may face political persecution.
- Many refugees face religious persecution in their home countries.
- Activists often face severe persecution for their beliefs.
- Historical records show that minorities used to face widespread persecution.
- If they return, they could face immediate persecution from the regime.
- He was unwilling to face further persecution, so he fled the country.
- In many parts of the world, journalists still face grave persecution.
- No one should have to face such unjust persecution.
- The community continued to face economic persecution for decades.
- Whistleblowers often face harsh persecution from powerful entities.