reign of terror
noun phrase
: a state or a period of time marked by violence often committed by those in power that produces widespread terror
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Fring’s illicit power and reign of terror established a spectrum of villainy to measure against Walter White and Saul Goodman’s moral ambiguity.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Elizabeth Banks’ fashionable escort Effie and Lenny Kravitz’s stylist Cinna are nowhere to be found, but there are still memorable style moments in The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, centered on a teenage Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) before his Panem reign of terror.
—EW.com, 18 Nov. 2023
Actor Donald Pleasence, who plays the psychiatrist intent on stopping Michael's reign of terror in five installments of the franchise, was paid the additional $20,000 for his five days of work on the project, but the veteran actor gave the low-budget affair a real sense of gravitas.
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—Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
No shots were fired, but Bennett’s reign of terror ended that day.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
Flitting through realities, Kirby and Dan race to end the killer's reign of terror in a series that masterfully blends together sci-fi, horror, and feminist drama.
—Jace Lacob, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2023
Some of them were central to my book and research, and many of them are descendants of people who were killed during the Osage reign of terror.
—EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
There’s no spotlight on heroes or final girls here, only the glimpses and whispers of those unfortunate enough to find themselves in the path of Johnny’s reign of terror.
—William Earl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
In the film, her character’s family was murdered in a reign of terror in which the Osage were targeted for the headrights to their oil-rich land in Oklahoma.
—Jonathan Landrum Jr., Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Elizabeth Banks’ fashionable escort Effie and Lenny Kravitz’s stylist Cinna are nowhere to be found, but there are still memorable style moments in The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, centered on a teenage Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) before his Panem reign of terror.
—EW.com, 18 Nov. 2023
Actor Donald Pleasence, who plays the psychiatrist intent on stopping Michael's reign of terror in five installments of the franchise, was paid the additional $20,000 for his five days of work on the project, but the veteran actor gave the low-budget affair a real sense of gravitas.
17 of 20
4.
—Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
No shots were fired, but Bennett’s reign of terror ended that day.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
Flitting through realities, Kirby and Dan race to end the killer's reign of terror in a series that masterfully blends together sci-fi, horror, and feminist drama.
—Jace Lacob, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2023
Some of them were central to my book and research, and many of them are descendants of people who were killed during the Osage reign of terror.
—EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
There’s no spotlight on heroes or final girls here, only the glimpses and whispers of those unfortunate enough to find themselves in the path of Johnny’s reign of terror.
—William Earl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
In the film, her character’s family was murdered in a reign of terror in which the Osage were targeted for the headrights to their oil-rich land in Oklahoma.
—Jonathan Landrum Jr., Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
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