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also diarchy
as in oligarchy
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While challenges like an aging population remain, economists view Poland’s rise as a model for building prosperity without oligarchy or corruption.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026 -
Such is the suffering of the lowly expendables, but spoils of war for the oligarchy of greed and power.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The hope was that the visit, the first by a British sovereign in nearly two decades, would help smooth fractured relations between the two nations.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
18 Mar. 2026
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All of Mabel’s new forest friends—there are deer, rabbits, turtles, raccoons, and a singularly gloomy bear—bow down to a beaver sovereign, King George (Bobby Moynihan), a gregarious and naïve soul who embraces a humble, communal ideal of living.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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The White House believes Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is calling the shots, a significant change from the theocratic dictatorship that has existed since the country's 1979 revolution.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Where the Silence Is Heard follows her journey of renovating the house and piecing together her family’s history, which has been colored by the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, exile, and decades of silence.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
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What a triumvirate of irritation.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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There can’t be too many quotes attributed to such an incongruous triumvirate, but then there are few instruments as polarizing as the squeeze-box.—
Jonathan Margolis,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
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The succession from father to son is notable because the revolution overthrew a hereditary monarchy.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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All of this comes as reports that the two will lose a lot of their privileges as the monarchy shrinks in the future.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Biden administration justified its decision — or no decision — with the tired old rationalizations and justifications that the U.S. has been using for years to give the medieval monocracy a pass on human rights violations.—
Ahmed Tharwat,
Star Tribune,
1 Mar. 2021
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Iran is a terrorist nation-state and is a threat to democracies worldwide.—
Derek Tran,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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The brutal Iranian regime posed a threat to Israel’s existence, and Israel is merely acting as any nation-state would — to protect itself and its citizens.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Some 60% of Norwegians supported the monarchy, down from 70% in January, according to the Norstat poll published on February 21 by public broadcaster NRK, while 27% supported a republic, up from 19% over the same period.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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The attacks by Iran came after strikes on the Islamic republic’s energy production facilities – the first since the war began and a major escalation in the conflict, which had largely spared Iran’s energy infrastructure.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Dyarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dyarchy. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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