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dictator

[dik-tey-ter, dik-tey-ter] / ˈdɪk teɪ tər, dɪkˈteɪ tər /


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Dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 and threatened to roll into Saudi Arabia, seeking control of nearly a third of the world’s proven oil reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

To investigate, the researchers recruited 44 participants and asked them to make 540 decisions in a Dictator Game -- offering to split an amount of money with someone else, which they then got to keep.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026

“They’re sticking their heads out of the roof like they’re going to Dictator Prom,” Jimmy Fallon said.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

In total, there were at least 42 plots to assassinate Hitler, according to historian Roger Moorhouse in his book “Killing Hitler: The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022

Dictator or not, she’s not gonna make me dance.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas




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