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empire

noun as in place ruled by sovereign; rule

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First Brands’ massive off-balance-sheet financings were tightly integrated with the flow of inventory throughout its corporate empire.

And his desire to build a sporting empire has had a dramatic impact.

The New York Post, part of Rupert Murdoch’s empire, promised that Mamdani would make the city a “living nightmare” in an unsigned editorial.

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But Comstock has so far been the most aggressive in cobbling together its empire.

Hamlet’s friend Marcellus famously warned him that there was “something rotten in the state of Denmark” before his empire collapsed around him.

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