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Critics said the law did not go far enough to curb the problem, with some claiming that the government was perpetuating the issue by not tackling illegal land use more comprehensively.
From New York Times β Apr. 19, 2024
“It was heartening to have a deeper awakening and realize that I was perpetuating something that was deeply harmful,” Coleman says.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 11, 2022
Daniel Summers, a White pediatrician in the Boston area, is making small changes to be race-sensitive after a Black colleague suggested he was perpetuating the problem otherwise.
From Washington Post β Dec. 10, 2021
A women's rights leader said his return was perpetuating impunity.
From BBC β Aug. 5, 2019
It was perpetuating in time of peace the obstacles to commerce generated by a state of war.
From The Critical Period of American History by John Fiske
