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But just as some fictions are liberating, others are violent and oppressive when imposed onto marginalized people.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2023

“We are liberating land, but without people on it,” one Ukrainian private, Vitaly Zagoruyko, lamented as he stood guard near a blown-up bridge on the Siversky Donets River.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022

Many Americans think of it as a sweet, somewhat stodgy breakfast, but chefs across the country are liberating porridge from that pigeonhole, looking way beyond oatmeal and coming up with savory, indulgent spins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2018

Can you imagine, in this day and age -- in this day and age in this country, we are liberating towns.

From Time • Aug. 23, 2017

Tutelary angels are represented as pleading for mercy, with eager outstretched arms; other angels, lower down, are liberating the souls of repentant sinners from torment.

From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)