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Which Roman leader was appointed dictator for life?

dictator

[dik-tay-ter, dik-tay-ter] / ˈdɪk teɪ tər, dɪkˈteɪ tər /


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After the fall of the dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959, Franqui became the editor of the newspaper Revolución.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The viral video showed Mbappe saying that the funniest internet meme about him he had seen was of his face photoshopped onto that of "some guy -- I think he's a Chinese dictator".

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Somoza made it to Miami as his regime collapsed during the Sandinista revolution, then moved on to the Bahamas and ultimately to Paraguay, then under the rule of military dictator Alfredo Stroessner.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

A tired 74-year-old dictator would have to deal with the challenges of demobilization and delivering the rewards society and fellow elites believe they are entitled to for putting up with his pointless war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

I’m not really sure what a dictator does.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

Deposed dictators, embezzlers and dissent-crushers have flooded into South Florida like the regular king tides.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Despite being elected to represent fewer than 1,000 people, his forenames being those of two notorious fascist dictators has drawn outsized international attention to the small corner of the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

He based the collection on what the sons of wealthy dictators at a boarding school in Austria would wear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

"The issue is not whether the dictators have heard us. The issue is whether they believe our words will ever be followed by our actions," added the US official.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

The reports that label my family as corrupt, power- hungry, moralizing dictators?

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth


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