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
That response echoes an iron rule of disinformation.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2020
During Fiennes’s iron rule, the “malignants” had been much humiliated, and the prospect of a change, themselves to have the upper hand, made them jubilant.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
