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According to Human Rights Watch, early in the morning of Nov. 17, 2022, armed men affiliated with a locally infamous warlord entered his home in a gritty section of Tripoli and dragged him into a car in front of his wife and children.
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Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Afterburn is directed by J.J. Perry and follows an ex-soldier played, who works as a treasure hunter recovering valuable objects for powerful clients and is tasked with recovering the Mona Lisa before it’s found by a warlord.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
In 1900, no one serving in the late Qing dynasty expected that in 20 years the country would be a republic feuded over by warlords.
—Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In Libya, dictators rule in Tripoli and Benghazi, with multiple regional warlords in the background.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
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Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Afterburn is directed by J.J. Perry and follows an ex-soldier played, who works as a treasure hunter recovering valuable objects for powerful clients and is tasked with recovering the Mona Lisa before it’s found by a warlord.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
In 1900, no one serving in the late Qing dynasty expected that in 20 years the country would be a republic feuded over by warlords.
—Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In Libya, dictators rule in Tripoli and Benghazi, with multiple regional warlords in the background.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
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Congress needs to pass laws; the tech overlords just need to push code to screw things up.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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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.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
30 May 2025
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Deriving from the word caudillo, or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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Deriving from the word caudillo, or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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August was all about preparing for the return to school, with popular grocery items including colored pencils, ring binders, index cards, as well as rulers, notebooks, and calculators.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
21 June 2025
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Responding to persecution by India’s Mughal rulers—and the torture and execution of his father—Hargobind militarized Sikhism.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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After they were discovered by her boss, she was also forced to kill her superior and burned all the participant files.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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His father, Curtis, took the day off work from a General Electric small appliances plant in Allentown to watch his son in person, fortuitously getting permission from his boss — who was himself the father of a major league pitcher, Curt Simmons.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Why don’t all the rich potentates, sheiks, oligarchs and MAGA dictators meet and fix it?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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With the pandemic, the year-round population of a once-seasonal resort town swelled with Manhattan refugees, those in the Trump orbit, and tech and finance potentates, many of them serious collectors like Ken Griffin and Steve Ross.—
Ben Widdicombe,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
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“Warlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlord. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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