dictator
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Kylian Mbappe has criticised a viral meme which superimposes his face on the body of a dictator, saying it shows "a lack of political and human awareness".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Before, the two forces had been allies, working together to crush rebellions in Darfur, but also pro-democracy movements that sprung up after the ouster of Sudanese dictator Omar Al-Bashir in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Along with the Clark Air Base inland, Subic Bay sustained anticommunist wars in Korea and Vietnam and, thanks to the support of longtime dictator Ferdinand Marcos, projected U.S. power through decades of containment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
But often, the data that started as interesting information becomes a kind of dictator.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
He was turning out to be quite a little dictator.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
"Only those nations ruled by kings or dictators display the image of their sitting ruler on the coins of the realm," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
More and more, human rights experts, lawyers, even some celebrities are joining Iranians in condemning the lazy rhetoric that sustains Iran’s dictators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
We don’t like despots and dictators and monarchs or anything smacking of royalty.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026
Worse, that show transformed high fantasy’s most magnificent beasts into little more than pimped-out rides for pasty dictators.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
The once respected and honored Taliban became what they were fighting against, the oppressive warlords and dictators that had preceded them.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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