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
  • For centuries, artists fought censors and kings.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Dinosaurs were flourishing, not foundering, as kings of the Cretaceous right up until the end, according to the new study.
    DINO GRANDONI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ludwig’s distant paternal ancestors were in fact German Jewish merchants, not warlike princes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And now, with a lucrative new four-year deal for film and TV at Paramount for their production company, Upside Down Pictures, they’re primed to become the crown princes of Hollywood.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their remarks came after Vance hosted a roundtable of aviation, travel and union leaders at the White House, where participants discussed temporary solutions — including the recruitment of more air traffic controllers.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Taylor said that top DHS leaders were convened to discuss the crisis.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 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
Noun
  • Chief Theetge was in Denver at that point for an annual national conference of police chiefs.
    Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The restructuring brings in regional chiefs and supervisors normally stationed at the nation's borders to carry out immigration arrests inside the country, a move representing a departure from traditional immigration enforcement structures.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Warlords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlords. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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