dictatorship

Example Sentences

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“I think most people don’t understand what it means to live under a dictatorship and such a government,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

In almost every movie about life under a dictatorship, there is a scene where the security services order someone to “show me your papers.”

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Former senator Brian Burston accused Hanson of running a "dictatorship" when he quit in 2018.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

People who have lived under a dictatorship for almost half a century are forced to survive and rise within a sick system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Now that the dictatorship had been toppled, he had become interested in his country's fate again.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez