warlords

Definition of warlordsnext
plural of warlord

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Noun
  • The Rajput rulers of the Shivalik Hills, alarmed by the growing Sikh influence in the region, had sought Aurangzeb’s assistance after failed attempts to dislodge the Guru from Anandpur, Punjab.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The records do not show if Epstein’s advice was considered by the Saudi rulers.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 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
  • First, movies are workplaces, and Nirenberg’s interviewees reveal the stressful negotiations involved in the daily life of filmmaking—not only with executives and producers but also with directors, who, though employed by those very same businesspeople, are also the immediate bosses of the crew.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Parents and bosses might be a tad righteous or overbearing.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Chicago and Illinois are truly a land where kings rule.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Below, according to a San Francisco Chronicle video, in bold white letters on the sand, demonstrators displayed another message saying no to ICE, wars, lies and kings.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In response to that criticism, California leaders last year created a carve out that exempts certain projects in urban areas from needing a CEQA review to move forward.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • More than a half-dozen potential candidates are speaking here to make inroads among Black leaders, one of Democrats' most powerful voting blocs.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Defender’s role in that family is the rugged, rebellious brother who misbehaves out in the wild while Discovery gets the princes and princesses off to boarding school.
    John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Endowed not only with a privileged birthright but—unlike the actual princes over in England, who had weak chins and went bald young—the physical stature to match?
    Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The response included two battalion chiefs, two ladder trucks and four fire engines, authorities said.
    Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But for one of Wall Street’s leading financial chiefs, the choice to wage war in the Middle East may actually have been an unavoidable one.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Even as long-reigning autocrats such as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are removed from power, the outlook for the global state of democracy remains highly uncertain.
    Yana Gorokhovskaia, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Trump’s attacks may have raised some doubts in China that Xi’s backing of autocrats is wise.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Warlords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlords. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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