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[tahy-ruhnt] / ˈtaɪ rənt /


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Appeared in the March 6, 2026, print edition as 'A Tyrant Slayer Who Looks Like a Tyrant'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

"I found a new name for you: 'The Ugly Tyrant Clown'," she wrote in the letter, according to FBI charging documents.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2023

Tobin released his ninth studio album earlier this year, but he’s already headed elsewhere under a new pseudonym, Only Child Tyrant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2019

He wrote this wonderful book, "Tyrant," about Shakespeare's tyrants and how they relate to the Trump era.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2019

This Tyrant is a solitary bird, though often many individuals are found within call of each other, and they sometimes even unite in a loose flock.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)




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