dictator
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“The House of the Spirits” spans half a century, including the coup that replaced a socialist president with a military dictator, based on Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet, respectively, though neither are ever named.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
They are Mao Zedong, the long-deceased dictator who founded the People's Republic of China, and presided over some of the most traumatic chapters in China's recent history.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
“After the dictator fell, gender expression should have been the natural extension of that kind of freedom. But there’s a kind of retaliation happening,” Zaalan shared.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
At the Justice Department, Mueller prosecuted Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega and the perpetrators of the Lockerbie bombing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Flanked by a contingent of black shirts, Agent Jones waited to greet the dictator.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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