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The triumvirate of protectors got Romans into testing that proved his IQ was off the charts and found programs that helped his mother learn how to navigate his needs.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026 -
The weight of expectation Colorado was part of a triumvirate that ran away with the Central Division’s three playoff positions.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
18 Apr. 2026
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After years of taking on the food culture bro-triarchy, Toronto restaurant royalty Jen Agg is up against a new enemy.—
Courtney Shea,
refinery29.com,
1 Sep. 2021
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Anti-dictatorship, but for kids Serkis scrubs the story of its violence, at least in any graphic manner.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a nation that has long prided itself on a free and vibrant news media, rights watchdogs and lawmakers from across the political spectrum denounced the move as an attack on the press without precedent since the end of Argentina’s military dictatorship in 1983.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The sovereign's sceptre with cross The sovereign's sceptre with cross dates back to 1661, when it was first used at the coronation of King Charles II.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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Legitimate authority Historically, the conversation about a war’s justness began by asking whether a responsible sovereign had declared it.—
Valerie Morkevicius,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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At a time of kleptocratic governance and corporate oligarchy, Tolentino and Piker resort to a game of jaded whataboutism.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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For example, they might be classified by the number of rulers, thus distinguishing government by one (as in a monarchy or a tyranny) from government by the few (in an aristocracy or oligarchy) and from government by the many (as in a democracy).—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The exercise builds skills around joint all-domain operations, crisis responses and multinational interoperability, enhances regional security and supports AFRICOM's strategic objectives, the website states.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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This is exactly the kind of domain where the Board of Supervisors should consolidate its authority rather than fragment it.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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France lurched from republic to dictatorship to empire before cycling back through absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, Second Republic, and Second Empire.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Prince Philip joined Meet The Press back in 1969 at a time when monarchies across Europe were in decline following World War II.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 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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“Duumvirate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duumvirate. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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