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Lula’s insistence on maintaining ties with the late anti-American autocrat, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, stoked tensions.—
Ron Kampeas,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025 -
By prohibiting questions and challenges, autocrats gain the power to limit how people think and control their bodies.—
Elizabeth Anne Wood,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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But Slippery Slope was not the only the only classic Big Brother competition missing from this past season.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Oct. 2025
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Several of their fellow Big Brother housemates shared their excitement for the couple in the comment section.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Since then, it has been linked to financial deals for dictators Manuel Noriega and Saddam Hussein, Islamic terrorist groups and government intelligence agencies including the CIA.—
Deena Sabry,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Hitler, the dictator who led Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945, was central in enacting the genocide of 6 million Jews.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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But for so many Venezuelans, the sight of Maduro in shackles was about a tyrant facing justice.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Now Matt is in Nick Fury mode, assembling his own team capable of overthrowing this tyrant — hence the arrival of Ritter's wise-ass strongwoman sleuth who can drink all of Manhattan under the table.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Dec. 2025
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Meanwhile, Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the Associated Press reported.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Dec. 2025
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The pharaoh ruled for only a decade, until his own death at 19.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Intrigued, Nur assumes the persona of the card’s owner to gain access to excavation sites in the West Bank, and insight into his oppressor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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The film focuses on their heated debate, as some wish to fight their oppressors while others argue for a calculated escape.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Dec. 2025
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The effort is widely seen as an attempt to topple Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, for whom the Department of Justice has offered a $50 million reward.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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The president valorized autocratic strongmen, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Xi.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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What do the scandal-scarred Minnesota governor, the anti-semitic, anti-wealth mayor of New York City and a corrupt Venezuelan despot all have in common?—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Dowager Duchess believed that Goethe would help her teen-age son, the Duke, mature into a benevolent despot.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Monocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monocrat. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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