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She maintained that Genevieve's death was a "terrible, unavoidable accident" and denied she had "persecuted" the youngster, adding: "I would never not like a nine-month-old baby."

From BBC • May 20, 2024

Angered by a graft scandal at the state investment fund, Mahathir emerged from political retirement and joined the opposition he had persecuted during his first, 22-year stint as leader.

From Fox News • Sep. 27, 2018

“It is not the victims who lost their dignity, but rather those who had persecuted them. The perpetrators should not be allowed to have the final word.”

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2017

In the last category Dodd took up the accusation that Strauss had "persecuted" Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the wrangle over Oppenheimer's security clearance in 1953-54.

From Time Magazine Archive

His father checked the margin of the page for the textual corrections of Rabbi Elijah—the same Rabbi Elijah who had persecuted Hasidim!—and showed Danny that he had been quoting from the corrected text.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok