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autarch

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as in autocrat

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Typically reserved for autocrats and crime bosses, sanctions can be devastating.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Trump will also meet with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former insurgent who led the offensive that unseated autocrat Bashar Assad in December 2024.

— Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

Definition of autocrat

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Because, after all, as in all of Haber’s novels, the point is not really what is happening in the world but what is happening in the mind—in this case the mind of the pettiest of tyrants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Joseph Stalin—the Soviet Union’s supreme ruler from 1929 to 1953 and a murderous tyrant legendary for drinking friends and enemies under the table—was a closet oenophile, the e-mail explained.

— Frankie Mills, Air Mail, 27 June 2026

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In the 2022 election, Sara was the running mate of presidential candidate Marcos Jr, son of the dictator who ruled for 20 years before being deposed in 1986.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 9 July 2026
Trump has praised Communist dictators in terms unlike those used by any American president outside the context of a wartime alliance.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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The show is scheduled to end Sunday and hit the road for a European tour, beginning with a star turn in the September opening of the glitzy new Faro Santander museum in Spain, Mexico’s onetime colonial overlord.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
This actually comes in the wake of a public schism between showrunner Ryan Condal and universe overlord George RR Martin, who has bemoaned significant changes to his original story.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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The practice likely had its roots in mid-20th century productions and crystallized over the decades, though American accents have often been used in film history to differentiate the oppressed from the oppressor.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
Your structure sorts the whole world into two boxes, oppressor and oppressed.

— Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026

Definition of oppressor

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The image became so pervasive that Deschamps, the French coach, felt compelled to declare that Mbappé is actually a lovely teammate, not a despot.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
In that instance, the notorious Cold War-era Romanian despot was quickly executed (with his wife) by military top brass while his former elites went on to run things under a nominally democratic system.

— Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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