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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brothers
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Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.—
James Jeffrey,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Nov. 2025
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By prohibiting questions and challenges, autocrats gain the power to limit how people think and control their bodies.—
Elizabeth Anne Wood,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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But the thing about play that feels essential at this point in history is that autocrats hate play.—
Matt Negrin,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
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Not your grandma’s authoritarians Today’s authoritarian rulers realize that civil society has the potential to support democracy and pry loose their grip on power.—
Christopher Justin Einolf,
The Conversation,
26 Sep. 2025
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The film focuses on their heated debate, as some wish to fight their oppressors while others argue for a calculated escape.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Dec. 2025
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This clause had been included to mitigate white citizens’ fears that if armed, Blacks would turn the weapons on their oppressors.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Nov. 2025
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