warlords

plural of warlord

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Noun
  • Finally, some inscriptions seem to indicate strong alliances or diplomatic ties with other Mayan rulers, a critical detail given that Cobá was a major urban center for centuries.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, with the new win, Yankee ties Bad Bunny with 29 rulers, the fourth-most following J Balvin (39), Ozuna (36) and Enrique Iglesias (32).
    Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In early-modern Europe, the Medicis and other potentates created what were the microfinance schemes of their time, lending small sums of money to poor citizens.
    Mark Malloch-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • Captains of both sides had been together in backing the resistance of their players’ union to the idea of La Liga games being played outside Spain — and such unanimity was important for the players to have a chance of taking on their bosses.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • They are being told by their bosses what works based on data and research.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers are kings of the baseball world yet again.
    Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
  • High above Rio de Janeiro's coastline, he was given the keys to the city by Mayor Eduardo Paes — an honor usually reserved for the kings and queens of the famous carnival.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Should the leaders falter over the months ahead, Slot and Guardiola will hope their teams are in a position to capitalise.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Despite vocal support from Aspire Capitol Heights families and a concerted effort from school leaders to prove that the school’s fiscal and academic issues could be solved, the board voted 4-1 to deny the school’s charter renewal.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Nineteen thousand resident white loyalists also supplemented British troops, as did at least eight thousand Irishmen and more than thirty thousand soldiers loaned to the king by princes in the German states.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This time, the drama centers on the schedules of both princes.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Eddy Cue, the Apple executive tasked with overseeing the company;’s burgeoning services business, appeared to shoot down both possibilities in an interview this week with Screen Internationalalongside Apple TV chiefs Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The two military chiefs took off from Osan Air Base and flew over Osan, Chuncheon, Daejeon and Camp Humphreys with two additional fighter jets and a South Korean E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft, according to officially released footage.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • By prohibiting questions and challenges, autocrats gain the power to limit how people think and control their bodies.
    Elizabeth Anne Wood, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But the thing about play that feels essential at this point in history is that autocrats hate play.
    Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Warlords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlords. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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