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Noun
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Congress has abdicated its power to an oligarchy of billionaires.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026 -
Congress has abdicated its power to an oligarchy of billionaires.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2026
Noun
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While chatting with the sovereign, Burgess said his treatment leaves him with a bad taste in his mouth, and King Charles instantly related.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Kate Perez The multi-day trip by Charles and Camilla is the first state visit by a British sovereign since Queen Elizabeth in 2007, but not the first between the British royal and Trump.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The filmmaker explores how Inés’ coming of age mirrors the lingering wounds of Chile’s political transition to democracy from the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet – a theme at the heart of Martelli’s feature debut Chile ’76, which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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Many had argued that the banner, which largely meditates on the violence of the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia, contained antisemitic caricatures.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
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The point guard triumvirate of Harper, Castle and De’Aaron Fox started cooking, and the Spurs grabbed a lead.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Also, the Yandy Diaz/Jonathan Aranda/Junior Caminero triumvirate would be the envy of most GMs.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Previously, the British monarchy had operated under male-preference primogeniture, meaning that female siblings fell behind their male siblings in the line of succession, regardless of birth order.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Back in London, father-in-law King Charles III, who is also undergoing cancer treatment, was carrying out one of the monarchy's grandest ceremonial duties on Wednesday, delivering a landmark speech for the formal opening of a new session of the British Parliament.—
Elena Giuliano,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Particularly in authoritarian or nondemocratic nation-states, journalists can be jailed or harassed for doing their job of reporting on abuses of power.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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That act, of amending Jefferson’s original draft, edit upon edit, has been the story not only of new nation-states declaring their independence but also of people within nation-states.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Nothing could illustrate the absurdity of 2026 quite like an upcoming concert by Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, in a former Soviet republic being produced by Live Nation Israel.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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Perhaps not coincidentally, Russia invaded the former Soviet republic of Georgia later that year.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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“Dyarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dyarchy. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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