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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satraps
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With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom —drawing in the ruthless kings of other Scandinavian countries and even a powerful English ruler — the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling, and utterly magical new Norse saga.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently questioned whether Americans know the difference between presidents and kings.—
Jamie Holmes,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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The arrival of the Targaryen princes is a big deal for the town of Ashford and the knights and lords and ladies assembled there.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Per Architectural Digest, another of the ship’s staircases could be converted into a water slide for the young princes and princess to use.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
12 Jan. 2026
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Known for its perfectly fitting stone bricks, the site was built in the 15th century by the Incas and served as a sanctuary for the nation’s emperors.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
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For young emperors of ice cream, there’s a jump rope that has ice-cream-cone handles ($12) and a pencil sharpener shaped like an ice-cream truck ($24).—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
15 Nov. 2025
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Demonstrations sparked in late December by anger over economic hardship exploded into mass protests against Iran's Islamic rulers.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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While being given a tour of Lagado, the capital of Balnibari, Gulliver is taken to the Academy of the Projectors, where the rulers hope to profit from the technological wonders of pure science.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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And all these noble lords can’t even remember his name.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Beyond that, the tech lords often suffer the vices of their virtues.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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Büttner, who is not Jewish, serves as one of 15 state antisemitism czars in Germany, which also has a federal antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2026
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Her assessment of Soviet and later Russian leadership is clear-eyed, seeing the yearning of the Russian people for a hard-nosed protector, like the former tsars, in Russia’s support for Putin.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
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Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.—
James Jeffrey,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Nov. 2025
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Created by the famous French jewelry house in the early 20th century, the tiara has been worn by generations of princesses—with one notable exception.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Jan. 2026
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He was invited to fewer and fewer society functions and received a lot less attention from princesses and starlets; there would be no more lectures, no more movies, and no more books.—
David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Satraps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satraps. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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