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Poor Sarah might just effectively play the victim, and we all to know that Americans love to lift up down-trodden and empathize with the underdog.
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Can any of you tell me WHY you want to vote to make the wealthy wealthier and the down-trodden even more-so?
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I am a free down-trodden American citizen, and no man shall say my time is his. '
Local Color 2010
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A protector of the poor and down-trodden, a strong believer in fairness.
Source: Army has approached Kennedy family about burial at Arlington 2009
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Kennedy, as well as his brothers and sister, saw his civic duty to try and help the less fortunate, supporting policies that strengthen the down-trodden of our society.
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I don't see what's un-American about Superman wanting to stand up for the rights and lives of the down-trodden the world over, regardless of what country they're from.
Bryan Young: Superman Renounces His American Citizenship Bryan Young 2011
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'First, I am a man; next, a down-trodden American citizen.
Local Color 2010
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Yes, rest in peace, champion of the down-trodden, of the sick, of the poor, the children and the elderly!
Source: Army has approached Kennedy family about burial at Arlington 2009
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First bend down to lift someone who is down-trodden. ..
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We sat in Darrell's truck in the deserted silent world of the down-trodden industrial area ofWest Berkeley, where no one in his right mind went at five in the morning.
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