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Recent Examples of overlord
Despite lawsuits in America giving his overlords more than a bit of a headache, Tanz has watched on quietly as multiple Love is Blind versions have landed with a bang in their respective countries.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 May 2025
Congress needs to pass laws; the tech overlords just need to push code to screw things up.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Media overlords collide in power summits and backstabbings.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Not all commercial wildflower seed mixes are created equal in the eyes of our insect overlords.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 May 2025
Congress needs to pass laws; the tech overlords just need to push code to screw things up.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Media overlords collide in power summits and backstabbings.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Not all commercial wildflower seed mixes are created equal in the eyes of our insect overlords.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlord
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Libya’s dictator Moammar Gadhafi disarmed in 2003, at Western urging, especially from the United States, and subsequently ended up dead in a ditch.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (left) and his great-grandson, Lazio player Romano Mussolini (right).—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The message would then be clear: The Russian tyrant won’t break Ukraine.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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King George is a tyrant who is unfit to lead people.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
4 July 2025
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That’s the sort of language used by dictators — fascist, Communist or any Third World despot.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025
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But, in Armstrong’s universe, tech is never morally in the black, and the people who create it are no better than despots—inept ones, at that.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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Ginza is also just a short walk from the Imperial Palace, which is the main residence of the emperor of Japan.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Ridley Scott’s 2023 film Napoleon tracks the emperor’s rise and fall through his relationship to his first wife.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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Tokyo is famously the reigning king of Michelin cities, boasting 251 stars across 194 restaurants.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
6 July 2025
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Our leader shall not be a king ruling by divine right, as that was decided on this day in Philadelphia 249 years ago, but one of the common folk elevated freely by fellow citizens.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2025
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The prince had problems reaching Balmoral, as communication with the rest of the family was limited.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
30 June 2025
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Amid Warnings Tears as Amal Clooney Honors Girl Who Rejected 'Child Bride' Path The young prince was enthusiastically greeting royal fans at the start Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations when Charlotte reached over to pull his hand down.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
Noun
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The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.—
Rajan Menon,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2011
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Witkoff went from Qatar to Israel on Saturday and insisted on having a meeting with the prime minister on the afternoon of the Jewish sabbath—a violation of Israeli protocol rudely designed to remind Netanyahu who was the vassal and who was the suzerain.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
26 Aug. 2022
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“Overlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlord. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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