5 sentences with “suppressing”

Iranian Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi ruled Iran as a loyal American client for the next 26 years while suppressing dissent through a brutal secret police force.

They sought to reward themselves with territory taken from weaker states such as Poland and the formerly independent territories of northern Italy. And, finally, they set about suppressing future revolutionary movements.

Instead, Seleucid rulers were first and foremost military leaders, often forced to criss-cross their vast empire by suppressing rebellions, fighting the encroachments of Central Asian nomads, and fighting with their neighbours in Egypt.

Originally, the city was called Derry, which is Gaelic for "oak place". In 1613, after suppressing one of the usual Irish revolts, Derry was transferred to British London, which established a Protestant colony there and named it Londonderry.

In many ways, the histories of Britain and Russia were always exceptional in the context of 19th century European politics. Neither suffered revolutionary upheavals, and neither had much difficulty suppressing nationalist movements within their respective empires.