dictator
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Fhimah always denied any involvement and was welcomed home to Libya by the country's late dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
But often, the data that started as interesting information becomes a kind of dictator.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The border was closed by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1969 after Gibraltar voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to remain British.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Sorry, ladies, your favorite North Korean dictator is off the market,” teased a headline on MSN Now.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
"Only those nations ruled by kings or dictators display the image of their sitting ruler on the coins of the realm," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
We don’t like despots and dictators and monarchs or anything smacking of royalty.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026
Worse, that show transformed high fantasy’s most magnificent beasts into little more than pimped-out rides for pasty dictators.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
The international corporation networked with dictators and local officials in Central America, many Caribbean islands and parts of South America to acquire immense estates for railroads and banana plantations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
Like all too many dictators, Cahokia’s rulers focused on maintaining their hold over the people, paying little attention to external reality.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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