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But the 184-page decision that American lawmakers made public shows the commission acting like a petty despot, with little if any regard for due process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has replaced three top officials in charge of his personal security, Seoul said Tuesday, a sign the despot may increasingly fear assassination plots.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026

We aren’t in danger of being taken over by a despot.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025

Simmons, who plays the film’s jazz conservatory despot, Fletcher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025

The papar risked their lives—and lost them in untold droves-r- not in the pursuit of wealth or personal glory or to claim new lands in the name of any despot.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

But when it goes away, so do our nightly doses of Colbert’s affable clowning, the kind that irritates thin-skinned despots in a way other comics can’t quite match.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

We don’t like despots and dictators and monarchs or anything smacking of royalty.

From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026

Mr. Loconte outlines how their belief in the God-given dignity of man set them at odds with foreign despots and those in England with similar political designs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Many of the leaders we put into power became despots we tolerated until they ran their course, like Panama’s Manuel Noriega.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

He sur-vived going against the wishes of despots and dictators in some of the most dangerous and war-torn jungles in the world.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben