iron rule
Example Sentences
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It’s the home of Mahsa Amini — or Jina Amini in her native Kurdish language — whose death in police custody last month fanned long-simmering fury over the iron rule of Iran’s clerical leaders.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022
“The iron rule of Korean dramas is that ... you need to be able to empathize with the characters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
So I’m gonna tell you the iron rule of family communication about politics: Do not try to change another family member.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2020
Together, they are testing whether that iron rule for electoral survival and success across rural America still holds.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2018
She has a temper of her own, you can catch a flash of it in her eyes, and I dare say her iron rule is what makes her mother so meek.
From The Girls at Mount Morris by Amanda Minnie Douglas
