dictator
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The U.S. cooperated with Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who offered military bases during the Cold War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
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
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
A rogue dictator was threatening the stability of the region.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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