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be ruled by

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Burma was only ever a part of India, in any meaningful sense, when it came to be ruled by the British in 1824.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Or, as in “Stranger Things” and “Weapons,” the gestalt entity may be ruled by one being devoted to conquest and control.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025

The competitive Tekken scene used to be ruled by players from the Far East, but the current top ten contains four players from Pakistan.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

Those results do not tell us that our world is quantum; rather they prove that, contra Einstein, it cannot be ruled by classical physics.

From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023

Rome’s destiny was to be ruled by only one man.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby




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