dictatorship
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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
A crowd into the tens of thousands gathered in Buenos Aires on Tuesday to mark 50 years since Argentina's military ushered in years of dictatorship with a coup on March 24, 1976.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 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
Well, she looked like she was about to overthrow a dictatorship in her black T-shirt, combat pants, and boots.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing dictatorship
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