Examples of iron hand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The brutal crackdown that began late Sunday and lasted through the night followed a tense campaign that saw massive rallies against President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the ex-Soviet nation with an iron hand for 26 years. — Yuras Karmanau, Star Tribune, "Police break up protests after Belarus presidential vote," 9 Aug. 2020 Lukashenko has run the ex-Soviet nation with an iron hand for more than a quarter century, showing little tolerance to dissent and extending his rule through votes the West has criticized as flawed. — Washington Post, "Belarus leader boasts about US ties to bargain with Moscow," 4 Feb. 2020 The state’s senior political leadership has anyway been rendered completely powerless by the iron hand dealt by New Delhi. — Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, "With an eerie calm, Kashmir watches the “Kashmirisation” of India," 9 Jan. 2020 John Bolton met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the nation of 10 million with an iron hand for a quarter century, showing little tolerance for dissent and independent media. — Washington Post, "US national security adviser visits Belarus," 29 Aug. 2019 Not having mastered all Russian’s finer points didn’t keep Stalin from ruling the Soviet Union with a murderously effective iron hand. — The Economist, "Why widely spoken languages have simpler grammar," 8 Aug. 2019 Like most white slave-owning women, Mary was directly involved in the cruel work of bending enslaved people to her will, ruling her 20 slaves with an iron hand and a tight fist. — Marjoleine Kars, Washington Post, "Widow, slaveholder, mother of our first president," 25 July 2019 With college basketball now at a similar crossroads, the NCAA called on a commission, not an iron hand. — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, "Insider: Does college basketball want the change it says it seeks?," 25 Apr. 2018 The Assad family ruled the country with an iron hand but largely abided by a de facto ceasefire with Israel, preferring that its terrorist allies do the direct fighting. — Neri Zilber, Vox, "Israel and Iran’s escalating shadow war in Syria, explained," 25 Apr. 2018

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