oppressive

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• When that outdoor environment becomes oppressive and you have a culture that’s not equipped to spend our days inside in air conditioning, that really throws us a curveball.

• While the summer heat can undoubtedly feel oppressive at times, there’s no reason why you can’t grab one of the best portable fans out there to make things more bearable, especially if you know which factors to prioritize.

• Humidity may turn oppressive, with low temperatures easily holding in the upper 60s to mid-70s by sunrise.

• Dubai’s ruling family drew international scrutiny in 2018 after the prime minister’s daughter, Princess Latifa, was detained after she was found on board a boat off the coast of India while attempting to flee her family’s oppressive grip.

• The failure of the humidity to reach the oppressive levels of many a summer’s day in Washington probably also enhanced the attractions of Tuesday.

• Demographic changes are making that community less dogmatic, even through the Castro regime remains an oppressive dictatorship.

• In other words, markets were impersonal, but that was good, because sometimes personal ties were cruel and oppressive.

• And of course there is the truly bad touch that is humiliating, oppressive and often painful.

• After all, what can I do about such oppressive policies and actions overseas?

• Some of those oppressive systems are found in the Church itself!