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warlords

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plural of warlord

as in overlords

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The 1970s marked a reinvigoration in quilting culture, with the introduction of specialty rulers and rotary cutters for use with modern patterns.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Muslim armies had invaded from North Africa in the 700s, and Muslim rulers eventually governed much of the peninsula.

— Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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With 775 rooms, the palace also provides office space for the royal bureaucracy and hosts lavish state dinners for visiting presidents and potentates.

— CBS News, CBS News, 26 June 2026
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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In July, Puma reported a slip in sales in the second quarter, but the company’s bosses remain optimistic that their plan to bring the brand back to growth by 2027 is on the right track.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
As more employees use AI in their day-to-day, bosses need to change their approach to managing given this new means of work, says Aparna Nair, IBM's chief talent, leadership & culture officer.

— Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

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Dinner is an event at Pellico 3, the hotel’s gastronomy project, reconceptualised in 2022 and conducted by executive chef Guido Paternollo, who has worked under haute cuisine kings Enrico Bartolini and Alain Ducasse.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
The kingdom braces for the war on the horizon in this new Norse saga, as other Scandinavian kings and even an English king are drawn into the chaos.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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Israeli leaders have said little about the unprecedented death toll in Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe and the lack of reconstruction.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Lawyers for victims’ relatives claim that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia aided the hijackers.

— Tom Winter, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaders

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Modern-day courtiers and princes–to say nothing of bureaucrats–should not be the ones deciding what gets made and who gets to see it.

— Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Fictional princes fill pop culture, from heroic leaders in science fiction empires to charming ones in modern takes on classic fairy tales.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of princes

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While the streaming giant still lords over its rivals in the subscription space and co-chiefs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters command an annual content spending budget of $20 billion, Wall Street arguably has viewed this as an off year for Netflix.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Neither Dan Heizman, president of Local 42, which represents those with the rank of captain and below, nor Clay Calvin, president of Local 3808, which represents division and battalion chiefs, responded to requests for comment.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of chiefs

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These innovations may reduce the number of bureaucrats autocrats need.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
In other countries that have recently experienced democratic backsliding, such as Turkey and Hungary, installing loyalists in the judiciary and in government agencies has played a key role in helping autocrats consolidate power.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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