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Lula’s insistence on maintaining ties with the late anti-American autocrat, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, stoked tensions.—
Ron Kampeas,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025 -
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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Knowing that the tyrants in the Kremlin approved all these activities does not negate their positive impact on American society.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Although Pancho Villa was considered by many Mexicans a hero of that revolution, my great-grandfather regarded him as a tyrant who forced Indigenous people into battle, treating them as little more than cannon fodder.—
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jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Since then, it has been linked to financial deals for dictators Manuel Noriega and Saddam Hussein, Islamic terrorist groups and government intelligence agencies including the CIA.—
Deena Sabry,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Hitler, the dictator who led Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945, was central in enacting the genocide of 6 million Jews.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Turning the dial, Charlamagne’s elevation to multi-platform talk overlord reinforces the South Carolina chatter’s grip on the title of hip-hop personality called upon to represent the culture outside its confines.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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In the absence of her evil overlords, does Glinda live up to the task Elphaba entrusts her with?—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
22 Nov. 2025
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Hira earned widespread international acclaim last year for his layered performance as the ambitious warlord Ishido Kazunari in Shogun, opposite Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai, receiving an Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Whereas Black Ops 6 relished in the texture of its period setting, giving players maps ranging from a warlord’s villa filled with luxury cars or dilapidated bus depots overgrown with foliage, BLOPS 7 has a superficial glossiness to each of its levels.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Intrigued, Nur assumes the persona of the card’s owner to gain access to excavation sites in the West Bank, and insight into his oppressor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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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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What do the scandal-scarred Minnesota governor, the anti-semitic, anti-wealth mayor of New York City and a corrupt Venezuelan despot all have in common?—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Dowager Duchess believed that Goethe would help her teen-age son, the Duke, mature into a benevolent despot.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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The effort is widely seen as an attempt to topple Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, for whom the Department of Justice has offered a $50 million reward.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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The president valorized autocratic strongmen, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Xi.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Autarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autarch. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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