autocrat
Example Sentences
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It is difficult for Spaniards to face up to the fact that they lived, largely uncomplaining, under an autocrat for 36 years.
The violence was triggered by disagreement over an internationally backed plan to form a new civilian government four years after the fall of autocrat Omar al-Bashir and two years after the military coup.
From Reuters
During the Trump administration, years of severe economic sanctions, diplomatic ostracism and even the threat of military intervention failed to dislodge Maduro, a socialist autocrat no longer ruling with a democratic mandate.
From Los Angeles Times
It comes two years after they jointly carried out a military coup and derailed a transition to democracy that had begun after protesters in 2019 helped force the ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
From Seattle Times
Hun Sen has maintained power as an autocrat in a nominally democratic framework.
From Seattle Times
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