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The script began as a story of a 16th century warlord and his three sons—Kurosawa only added elements of Lear later on, alongside other references and inspirations.
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Punishment, some said, for Amodei comparing the president to a feudal warlord and privately urging people to vote for Kamala Harris.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Masahiro Motoki — the Oscar-winning star of Departures — plays a lord who rebels against warlord Oda Nobunaga and barricades himself inside Arioka Castle, only to face a string of unsolved murders within its walls.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Brolin made his foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the warlord Thanos in the Avengers film series.
—Sarah Weldon, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Punishment, some said, for Amodei comparing the president to a feudal warlord and privately urging people to vote for Kamala Harris.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Masahiro Motoki — the Oscar-winning star of Departures — plays a lord who rebels against warlord Oda Nobunaga and barricades himself inside Arioka Castle, only to face a string of unsolved murders within its walls.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Brolin made his foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the warlord Thanos in the Avengers film series.
—Sarah Weldon, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
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After a brief burst of good ratings results, CBS News is once against under a dark cloud of allegations of MAGA appeasement and corporate-overlord overreach.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
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Now the ultimate challenge is here, and the stakes couldn't be higher because if the fighters from Earth aren't victorious, Outworld overlord Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford) will invade and take over the planet.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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No one in Washington should be more versed in this terrible history than Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the child of Cubans who fled the island when it was ruled by the U.S.-backed caudillo Fulgencio Batista.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Maduro’s arrest is being compared to the 1989 invasion of Panama and rendition of its caudillo, Manuel Noriega, to Miami to be convicted of drug trafficking and other crimes.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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He’s been known in the United States for centuries as the English ruler who lost the American colonies.—
Laurie Kellman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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He's been known in the United States for centuries as the English ruler who lost the American colonies.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Assuming, of course, those staffers don’t emulate Pelley and strongly and sharply disagree or challenge their boss in an internal staff meeting.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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The space includes table football, board and video games, and staff can arrange certain special activities of which the parents of the youngsters involved might be more than a little jealous, among them sushi masterclasses with Mitsuru Tsukada, the boss of Izumi.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The game is a playground for Russian oligarchs, Middle Eastern potentates, and Latin American strongmen—his people.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
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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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“Warlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlord. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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