imperial
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His book, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, published in 1890, found disciples in Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the Japanese imperial naval ministry, and shaped 20th-century history.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Swollen with confidence after defeating Athens, Sparta embarked on its own imperial program, compensating for its dwindling numbers by keeping an ever-tighter grip on its subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
The imperial machinery, built in an earlier more democratic era, hums along without our input.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
Their second day of meetings was held at Zhongnanhai, an imperial garden and lake district that has served as the secretive seat of power for the Chinese Communist Party since the revolution of 1949.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
But in his own field of endeavor, which he was now practicing, the slow, imperial smelling over and anointing of an area, he has no peer.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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