dominion
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Iran agreed to reopen the vital thoroughfare during the two-week truce, but said it would maintain "dominion" over it.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
The way Pope Leo saw it, powers were seeking to impose dominion through arms and undermining the taboo since World War II on changing borders by force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
So it’s not just religion qua religion, or religion and law; it’s really bolted onto ideas of capitalism and the economy and dominion of the world.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026
He developed it into a call for dominion.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025
And if finally he lost dominion over a few cities, his kingdom nevertheless remained.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Slavery was widespread in ancient Rome and its dominions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Unlike other British dominions, including Canada and New Zealand, Australia never forged a treaty with its original inhabitants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
Australia has no treaty with its Indigenous people, and has done little in comparison to other British dominions like Canada, New Zealand and the United States to include and uplift its First Nations people.
From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023
Throughout the 1950s, more countries hauled down the union flag and the former colonies and dominions now came together as a voluntary family of nations.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2022
All states and all dominions that have had and continue to have power over men have been, and still are, either republics or principalities.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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