feudal
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Based on Honobu Yonezawa’s 2021 novel and already a smash in Japan, the movie centers on feudal conflicts and the ever-present threat of war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
As the etymologist Anatoly Liberman has pointed out, in its earliest forms, haga, hegg and hegge, the word meant “enclosure” or “yard,” especially the residence of a feudal lord.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
She urged the government to "honour that commitment it made to leaseholders" to "end the feudal leasehold system".
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Ample opportunity exists for anybody to advance in this feudal system, provided that person can impress the right nobility.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
Pedro Tercero remembered him as an angry giant with a snakeskin whip and a silver cane, at whose step the tenants trembled and whose thunderous voice and feudal arrogance made all of nature quake.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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