warlords

plural of warlord

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Noun
  • Woody and Buzz have survived sadistic neighbors, evil toys and tyrannical daycare rulers.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Jones said Shiite rulers in several South Asian kingdoms sponsored processions and other commemorations of Hussein’s martyrdom, helping turn them into public events that drew wider audiences.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • His job was to cut and paste responses from scripts his scam bosses generated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • Some bosses are demanding, disorganized or poor communicators but still want their teams to succeed.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
  • Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years.
    Will Croxton, CBS News, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • In response to what state leaders describe as threats from the federal government, the Minnesota Department of Human Services began the major task of revalidating 5,472 providers across various service programs deemed at high risk for fraud.
    Conor Wight, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • This disconnect stems from a lack of psychological safety, where leaders fear speaking up or challenging ideas.
    Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Earlier this year, Quinn pounced on the opportunity to cast Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams as star-crossed fae princes from feuding kingdoms who (spoiler) have been knocking boots in secret.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • For finance chiefs, the dashboard itself changes.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • His proposal had underscored the shaky autonomy of the civilian group, which has clashed with the police officers union, city leaders and former chiefs — not to mention internal strife between commissioners — in the decade since voters overwhelmingly approved its formation.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Conquerors and autocrats may win the immediate battle by bullying their subjects into submission, but their empires inevitably crumble the moment their iron grip falters.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Trump has made clear his disdain for NATO, his affection for Putin, gushes over autocrats, and withholds military support for Ukraine.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
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“Warlords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlords. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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