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Recent Examples of rulership
On June 30, your ruling planet Jupiter enters Leo — your ninth house of rulership — for the first time since August 2014.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Over time, the push and pull between the Scottish nationals and English rulership finally caused the stone to break.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025
Authority and rulership collapsed, and the familiar structures of the Holy Roman Empire were overturned, exposing the fragility of the existing social and religious hierarchies.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Venus is currently in its house of rulership — your second house of money, security and sensual pleasures — while Saturn-Neptune retrograde presents you with a solid plan of action in your professional life.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Over time, the push and pull between the Scottish nationals and English rulership finally caused the stone to break.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025
Authority and rulership collapsed, and the familiar structures of the Holy Roman Empire were overturned, exposing the fragility of the existing social and religious hierarchies.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Venus is currently in its house of rulership — your second house of money, security and sensual pleasures — while Saturn-Neptune retrograde presents you with a solid plan of action in your professional life.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rulership
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Trump this week deployed border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota after this month’s fatal shootings of protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, undermining Noem’s leadership of her department.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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While the financial costs of employee disengagement are significant, leadership longevity is equally critical in a context of longer lifespans and careers.—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Now, Liilii, Chainey and Smith await the pending consequences on SJSU and UNR from the federal government.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Born in Rockhampton, in central Queensland, Australia, her first job was working for the Australian government in compliance, across Brisbane and Sydney.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Private equity and institutional investors, often cautious about the golf sector in the past, are now driving record levels of capital into courses, venues, technology and management companies.—
Steve Skinner,
Sportico.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The conservancy is awaiting approval of its application to eradicate the deer from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, as part of an overall habitat restoration and fire-management plan.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Another is to practice good governance, even if that means putting forth more effort, in AII initiatives.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The ceasefire’s next phase will confront thornier issues, including transitioning to a new governance structure in Gaza and disarming Hamas, which has ruled the territory for nearly two decades.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Following season 2's dramatic ending, which unveiled part of a plot to steal the presidency, Basso agrees to be Catherine's mole.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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The offer was made in a call between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, the Turkish presidency said.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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His administration is facing increasing scrutiny after immigration officers killed two American citizens in Minneapolis this month.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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Yet, as uproar over the shooting grew, videos of the incident spread and the administration's narrative unraveled, the White House changed course and adopted a more conciliatory approach.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
30 Jan. 2026
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Ninety years later, the rise of knowledge work ushered in EQ, which was needed for new types of jobs that involved less doing and more stewardship.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Feb. 2026
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At the start of Pat Riley’s Heat stewardship in 1995, the question — with the Heat not having won anything since their 1988 inception — was whether something as mundane as a divisional banner ever would hang above the Heat’s court.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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Extreme heat fuels out of control bushfires Bushfires, fueled by the soaring temperatures, have menaced towns in the state of Victoria, prompting evacuations as volunteer firefighters attempted to douse flames around homes.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Caribbean island once relied heavily on oil shipments from Venezuela, but that supply was cut off when the United States asserted control over the South American nation this month.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Rulership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rulership. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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