dictator

Example Sentences

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The U.S. cooperated with Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who offered military bases during the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The comments, broadcast nationwide in Cuba, are the first confirmation of bilateral talks between two governments that have been fierce adversaries for almost 70 years, since Fidel Castro’s revolution toppled the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Khomeini, then 76, needed a new bolthole after being expelled from his exiled base in the Iraqi city of Najaf by the country's dictator Saddam Hussein.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Iraq was a state with deep sectarian divisions that was largely dominated by a single dictator: Saddam Hussein.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Our world opened up because a long-time dictator was thrown out of Haiti.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi