dictator

Example Sentences

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French social media has been inundated with "humorous" posts about the battle between the late German dictator Adolf Hitler and Ukraine's modern-day hero Volodymyr Zelensky.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

As for Cuba, its global stature has shrunk since the death of the charismatic dictator Fidel Castro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Khomeini, then 76, needed a new bolthole after being expelled from his exiled base in the Iraqi city of Najaf by the country's dictator Saddam Hussein.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Iraq was a state with deep sectarian divisions that was largely dominated by a single dictator: Saddam Hussein.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

My granddaughter Alba, however, saw the true nature of the dictator long before I did.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende