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Recent Examples of warlord
Aid workers are abandoning the country and violence has become rampant, with warlords terrorizing communities.
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Miami Herald Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
Some of the most notorious warlords and criminals who brought such misery to Kunduz — and ultimately did more to support the Taliban than defeat them — faded away without a final battle or trial.
—Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Herod was simply the most successful warlord in the region.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Captured as a child and separated from her family, Furiosa becomes embroiled in a battle between two warlords: the brutal rebellion of Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and the rising power of Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme).
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Miami Herald Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
Some of the most notorious warlords and criminals who brought such misery to Kunduz — and ultimately did more to support the Taliban than defeat them — faded away without a final battle or trial.
—Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Herod was simply the most successful warlord in the region.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Captured as a child and separated from her family, Furiosa becomes embroiled in a battle between two warlords: the brutal rebellion of Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and the rising power of Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme).
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
Noun
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These are not our new robot overlords, but a pilot program in 35 citywide locations testing the new technology to keep closer tabs on inventory in real-time.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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Showrunner Tony Gilroy highlighted the film’s scale and ordinary characters, from Imperial overlords to passionate revolutionaries, in a statement Monday.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The dynastic rulers in the French House of Bourbon, unlike the rulers in Britain, did not cede power voluntarily; Robespierre and the Jacobins took it from them violently in the French Revolution.—
Robert D. Atkinson,
National Review,
9 Apr. 2025
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Huge Tomb of Unknown Pharaoh Found: The burial chamber in Egypt most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said.—
Noriko Hayashi,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There are some optional bosses too, the Wither and the Warden.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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Xander is now her boss again in a different iteration ...—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The cover of the first issue of The New Yorker, dated Feb. 21, 1925, carried no portraits of potentates or tycoons, no headlines, no come-ons.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Or were all those billionaire potentates in the Capitol Rotunda — seated in front of Trump’s Cabinet picks — asserting their social, economic and cultural hegemony?—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Warlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlord. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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