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The Bulldozer Revolution that ousted Milošević was comprised of Serbs from a wide range of backgrounds, all determined to bring down an unpopular autocrat who put his own political survival above the needs of citizens.—
Hanna Begić,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Egyptian-British blogger and activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah,rose to prominence as an impassioned voice in the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Egypt's veteran autocrat and has since become a symbol of the struggle for human rights in his country.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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Entertainment Weekly can exclusively report that the former Big Brother winner, who came back to compete this summer on season 27 of the competition franchise, will also be making a triumphant return to her other TV home away from home!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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Who won part 3 of the final Head of Household competition on 'Big Brother'?—
David Wysong,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Sep. 2025
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The author understood how power works, and the lengths that people, classes, political parties and dictators would go to keep it.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Declaring war on our nation’s cities and using our troops as political pawns is what dictators do.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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The light historical touch is no doubt necessary for a series trying to sell its viewers on a love story between a modern protagonist and a character originally based on a real-life historical tyrant.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Reynolds is a tetchy tyrant, who, enabled by his sister, Cyril (Lesley Manville), has embraced a need to have things just so as a means of warding off vulnerability.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Egypt suffered a devastating loss in September when a pharaoh's priceless bracelet was stolen from a museum in Cairo – and melted down.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The mysteries of Cleopatra’s death Despite her short life of just 39 years, Cleopatra made an impact on the ancient world as one of a handful of female rulers and the last pharaoh of Egypt.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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There were only the oppressors and the oppressed.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Bad actors are counting on us to tear each other apart—to fall for the narcissism of small differences, to turn on our allies instead of our oppressors.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Al-Sharaa’s historic trip to New York underscored his own transformation from militant to statesman, after leading the revolution to oust longtime Syrian strongman Bashar Assad in December.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
25 Sep. 2025
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Even so, Pineyro said there have been conversations with police in Doral about preparing for the possibility of large-scale celebrations in reaction to the possible ouster of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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Phantom Thread is a masterfully claustrophobic portrayal of a ’50s fashion house, as well as a nuanced depiction of a petty despot ruling over his small kingdom.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Armed with such sensational journalistic and fictional sources, artists from across the world, one after the other, proclaimed in virtual artistic unison that King Henry had been nothing more than a despot who essentially re-enslaved his people.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Monocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monocrat. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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