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They were poor and downtrodden.
a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation
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And in so doing, that familiar feeling of hope and optimism has come flooding back for Bears fans, who just three months ago were again left downtrodden and dejected during an abysmal 10-game losing streak.
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Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
In a matter of weeks, Poles has gone from being the GM of a downtrodden team that lost its way through headline-worthy blunders on the field and fired its head coach to being the GM of a re-energized organization that just hired one of the most coveted candidates in recent coaching cycles.
—Adam Jahns, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Ditto a downtrodden everyman who’s left his white-collar job in Quebec to reluctantly return to Winnipeg.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
It feels directly dragged out of the 1980s and early 1990s, a time when Hollywood was devoted to turning out swarms of action flicks in which some flawed and downtrodden but good-hearted hero thwarts a devious conspiracy or an impending alien invasion or whatever.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
In a matter of weeks, Poles has gone from being the GM of a downtrodden team that lost its way through headline-worthy blunders on the field and fired its head coach to being the GM of a re-energized organization that just hired one of the most coveted candidates in recent coaching cycles.
—Adam Jahns, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Ditto a downtrodden everyman who’s left his white-collar job in Quebec to reluctantly return to Winnipeg.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
It feels directly dragged out of the 1980s and early 1990s, a time when Hollywood was devoted to turning out swarms of action flicks in which some flawed and downtrodden but good-hearted hero thwarts a devious conspiracy or an impending alien invasion or whatever.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Downtrodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downtrodden. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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downtrodden
adjective
down·trod·den
ˈdau̇n-ˈträd-ᵊn 
: crushed by superior power
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