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Maria, austere and deeply pious, runs the business with an iron hand, obsessed with making the family’s origins forgotten.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
The autocratic czarist regime ruled with an iron hand and suppressed opposition through censorship, banishment, and executions.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
As the Empire rules the galaxy with an iron hand (and builds a secret weapon of mass destruction), pockets of resistance are growing, and everybody’s stressed out.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Nicolás Maduro, who has ruled the South American country with an iron hand since 2013, intends to take the presidential oath Friday.
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The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Jan. 2025
But some fear that voters, fed up with constant churn, could opt for a would-be strongman leader promising an iron hand and order, as voters in Slovakia did in a September legislative election.
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Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
8 May 2024
By the time of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), people were being fitted with iron hands—in an attempt to provide function, cables, springs and other means were used to help limbs bend, or fingers grip objects, albeit imperfectly.
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Brian Handwerk,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Feb. 2024
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
The autocratic czarist regime ruled with an iron hand and suppressed opposition through censorship, banishment, and executions.
—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
As the Empire rules the galaxy with an iron hand (and builds a secret weapon of mass destruction), pockets of resistance are growing, and everybody’s stressed out.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Nicolás Maduro, who has ruled the South American country with an iron hand since 2013, intends to take the presidential oath Friday.
—
The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Jan. 2025
But some fear that voters, fed up with constant churn, could opt for a would-be strongman leader promising an iron hand and order, as voters in Slovakia did in a September legislative election.
—
Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
8 May 2024
By the time of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), people were being fitted with iron hands—in an attempt to provide function, cables, springs and other means were used to help limbs bend, or fingers grip objects, albeit imperfectly.
—
Brian Handwerk,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Feb. 2024
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“Iron hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20hand. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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