dictatorship
Example Sentences
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Following on "I'm Still Here," winner of last year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the new film about Brazil's 1964-1985 dictatorship has captivated Hollywood.
From Barron's
Three Conservative-led councils have asked for election postponements and Badenoch said they have their own electoral mandate, adding: "The party that I run is not a dictatorship."
From BBC
"The Secret Agent" star Wagner Moura, playing a scientist on the run from Brazil's 1970s dictatorship, is expected to vie with DiCaprio and Jordan for best actor.
From Barron's
It also happens to be the locus of the dictatorship’s power.
I’ve always felt that engagement is better and more corrosive to a dictatorship than isolating them… Secret police never go hungry, armies never go hungry.
From Salon
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