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This thrilling prequel stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa and Alyla Browne as young Furiosa, who is abducted by the savage warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) — leader of the Biker Horde — and spends the next decade in captivity plotting her revenge and escape.
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Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The Lost Book of B., about his service to warlord Ghengis Khan.
—EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The Infinity Gauntlet appears across the Marvel Universe and is used by galactic warlord Thanos as a way to safely and efficiently use the Infinity Stones.
—Paul Brett, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Except for this one man, the evidence of the warlords and Japan going crazy had been horribly apparent.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
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Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The Lost Book of B., about his service to warlord Ghengis Khan.
—EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The Infinity Gauntlet appears across the Marvel Universe and is used by galactic warlord Thanos as a way to safely and efficiently use the Infinity Stones.
—Paul Brett, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Except for this one man, the evidence of the warlords and Japan going crazy had been horribly apparent.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
Noun
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Canavan suggests that machine overlords can represent capitalist forces as well as communist ones.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Sep. 2025
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Refrain from rebelling against the GPS overlord!—
Katherine LaGrave,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 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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That includes Democrats calling Trump a caudillo — a stereotypical Latin American strongman — or Republicans accusing Biden for being socialist in the style of left-wing Latin American leaders.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes and,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2024
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But the plans sparked a dispute with the Oba of Benin, the traditional ruler, who argued that the items were stolen from his ancestors and should be returned to his family.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Successive Iranian rulers believed that dams, deep wells, and inter-basin transfers could outsmart geography and climate.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While Mandy is thrilled about her promotion — and her popularity among viewers — Georgie is furious to learn that her boss, Scott (Christopher Gorham), is also her ex.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Oct. 2025
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When Dan Jackson took the reins of the Austin, Texas, police department’s unsolved homicide unit in 2022, his boss approached the detective with a sense of urgency.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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