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Recent Examples of overlord
Traditionally reliant on French institutional funding, the event now confronts an uncertain future as Mali’s military government severs ties with its former colonial overlord.
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Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
Shortly after becoming husband and wife, Grace milks another loophole in the hide-and-seek rulebook and slays Titus, thereby sending the rest of the High Council to slaughter at the hands of their demonic overlord, Le Bail.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
Or the employee cafeteria in the chains’ corporate overlord’s headquarters flunking an inspection?
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
Turning the dial, Charlamagne’s elevation to multi-platform talk overlord reinforces the South Carolina chatter’s grip on the title of hip-hop personality called upon to represent the culture outside its confines.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
Shortly after becoming husband and wife, Grace milks another loophole in the hide-and-seek rulebook and slays Titus, thereby sending the rest of the High Council to slaughter at the hands of their demonic overlord, Le Bail.
—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
Or the employee cafeteria in the chains’ corporate overlord’s headquarters flunking an inspection?
—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
Turning the dial, Charlamagne’s elevation to multi-platform talk overlord reinforces the South Carolina chatter’s grip on the title of hip-hop personality called upon to represent the culture outside its confines.
—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlord
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And following the ousting of longtime dictator Bashir Al-Assad, Syria continues to have armed conflict and sectarian violence.
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The most dangerous weapon for a democracy to put in control of an aspiring dictator is not necessarily the police or the military.
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These were the grounds of revolution in 1776 and what colonists held to be the markings of a tyrant.
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Aegon, dragged out of King’s Landing by spymaster Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in an effort to save him from the fratricidal Aemond, gets an up-close look at the petty tyrants who have sprouted up in the countryside thanks to his impetuous rule.
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The Boys – Season 5 (Prime Video) Things have gone from bad to worse in the final season of The Boys, Prime Video’s irreverent superhero satire about America succumbing to charismatic despots and fascistic opportunists.
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The writer-director sets her sophomore feature barely two years after the country shook off the despot’s iron grip.
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For a queen mother to privilege her daughter/queen’s wishes above those of the son/king who abdicated in the night?
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Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years.
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Brass is best-known for his 1979 feature Caligula, an erotic period epic about the notorious Roman emperor, adapted from a screenplay written by Gore Vidal and starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud.
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Even the richest emperors of the past did not have the ability to satisfy their whims that is now possessed by any student in Chicago or Berlin or Kinshasa.
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African prince Akeem is trading palaces, from his lavish kingdom to Queens in search of a woman who loves him for him.
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Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
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Yet this year so far has been a dicey one for the Russian authoritarian.
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Yet this year so far has been a dicey one for the Russian authoritarian.
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Similarly, the scale, scope and depth of the AI revolution will also compel the group practice leaders, health system executives, private equity satraps and all others who now pull the strings on so many physicians to adapt to the democratization of medical knowledge.
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The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.
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“Overlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlord. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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