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The Administration’s cowboy capture of the Venezuelan autocrat Nicolás Maduro, on January 3rd, prompted an airspace closure in the Caribbean, stranding many populations, none as humbled as the American tourists, gone to the islands for rest and relaxation over the winter holiday.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026 -
Meanwhile, Turner maintained a friendly rapport with the late Cuban autocrat Fidel Castro.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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Lane’s Willy is both a paternal tyrant and a wounded bear, growling if anyone interrupts him yet unable to conceal his soft underbelly.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The other side states calling someone a dictator and all is OK and not hatred.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Throughout his questioning, Corrales repeatedly invoked the experiences of other Latin American countries, describing Moïse as a dictator who was close to drug traffickers.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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Now the ultimate challenge is here, and the stakes couldn't be higher because if the fighters from Earth aren't victorious, Outworld overlord Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford) will invade and take over the planet.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Big Ten has officially sealed its status as our new overlord.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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His breakthrough came playing Oda Nobunaga, the volatile 16th-century warlord, in an NHK taiga drama that ran for much of the year.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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The third season showed two galactic powers coming together to fight a fearsome warlord known as The Mule (Pilou Asbæk).—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Civil War, or an oppressor who wants to kill you.—
Mariam Khan,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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In the piece, the Vicar of Christ is felled not by his oppressors but rather by a random cosmic event.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Underlying such obvious acts of aggression lies an insidious tendency for transnational repression to flow from despots into democracies, oppressing lawyers of all nationalities in the process.—
Irwin Cotler,
Time,
8 May 2026
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The despot’s dilemma Iran’s cameras have been repeatedly hacked over the past few years.—
Dake Kang,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
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Rodríguez, who took office following the January capture of strongman Nicolás Maduro, said the new figure — a combination of salary and state bonuses — would apply to public workers and should be mirrored by private employers whose wages fall below that level.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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Rácz has been interpreted as a foil to Vladimír Mečiar, a real-life politician who served as Slovakia’s prime minister between 1990 and 1998 and was heavily criticized for his autocratic tendencies, strongman persona, and ties to organized crime.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Autarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autarch. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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