dictator
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That nickname comes from Mobutu Sese Seko, the dictator who ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo - formerly Zaire - for three decades.
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
It was moved to its current location in 1950 by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ramírez secured a large ransom payment, but the death of al-Azmarly seems to have soured the terrorist’s relationship with Libya’s dictator, Moammar Gadhafi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The machinations of European powers and the funny mustached German dictator were as remote to our island in the fall of 1941 as Silas Marner, which sapped our energies through eighth-grade English.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Despite being elected to represent fewer than 1,000 people, his forenames being those of two notorious fascist dictators has drawn outsized international attention to the small corner of the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
"The issue is not whether the dictators have heard us. The issue is whether they believe our words will ever be followed by our actions," added the US official.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
According to experts who study the psychological profiles of strongmen dictators, escalation in such situations is the norm.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
We don’t like despots and dictators and monarchs or anything smacking of royalty.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026
The reports that label my family as corrupt, power- hungry, moralizing dictators?
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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