autocrat
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When you build any kind of story about an autocrat, it follows the same script.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
This was really fertile soil for him, or any autocrat, to exploit.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
But Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was also an autocrat, and he was slow to introduce political reforms.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2026
This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for ‘Marmar’, as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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