tyrants
Example Sentences
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The pontiff responded by saying he had a "moral duty to speak out" against war -- and then sparked more headlines with a speech in Cameroon lambasting "tyrants" ransacking the world.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants" in unusually forceful comments during a visit to Cameroon.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
They’ve suffered over the decades under regional tyrants, and they’ve assisted the U.S. many times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Humans have laughed at tyrants going back to the days of the ancient Greeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
For weeks I had studied maps, large-scale and small, but maps are not reality at all—they can be tyrants.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
