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These unions, whose members have different priorities and separate contracts, are betting that their powerful triumvirate will benefit all.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026 -
With nine games remaining in Vancouver’s season and the team virtually assured of finishing in 32nd place by a country mile, the speculation that surrounds the Canucks’ leadership triumvirate is about to dominate the conversation around this team.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
1 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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The banner, more reminiscent of the way leaders are plastered on government buildings in a dictatorship like North Korea, is just the type of gesture the president expects.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Apr. 2026
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Fifty years ago, just after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, about 90% of residents were Catholic.—
Alexis Marshall,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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The top aide is credited with injecting the sovereign's style with a fresh sense of color and fun, raising her hemlines and updating her wardrobe to the rainbow of colors that became synonymous with her signature style in her later years.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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The sovereign's sisters, Princesses Caroline and Stephanie, stood side by side.—
Séraphine Roger,
Vanity Fair,
28 Mar. 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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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
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Science and art are often held up as opposites — the logical and analytical versus the creative and emotional, the domain of the left brain hemisphere versus the right, the yang versus the yin.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Backed by deep domain expertise in acoustic engineering and manufacturing excellence, Ultra Maritime continues to lead the evolution of sonobuoy technology, according to the company.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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Eswatini is ruled by a king as Africa’s last absolute monarchy, and authorities have been accused of clamping down on pro-democracy movements, sometimes violently.—
Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Everyone even tangentially involved with the British royal family has opinions about the state of the monarchy and the damage Andrew’s scandals have caused it.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
9 Apr. 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 14 Apr. 2026.
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