dictator
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Mbappe talked about being amused by an internet meme of his face photoshopped onto "some guy, think he's a Chinese dictator".
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Mbappe in September addressed a previous meme depicting him as a military dictator, in an interview with French sports newspaper L'Equipe.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Gen. Francisco Franco, Spain’s dictator at the time, encouraged cartels to spend their money there, turning a blind eye to the peaceful spending of ill-gotten gains, as long as there was no violence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
That nickname comes from Mobutu Sese Seko, the dictator who ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo - formerly Zaire - for three decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
When it came to the garden, I was a dictator.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Despite being elected to represent fewer than 1,000 people, his forenames being those of two notorious fascist dictators has drawn outsized international attention to the small corner of the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
After all, there’s a reason dictators burn novels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"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
Dictators may be faithless and brutal to their own people, but in the rarefied circle of fellow dictators, a kind of camaraderie flourishes.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
Of course, the politicians, dictators, and warmongers weren’t happy, but their voices, which had always seemed so loud and intimidating, were suddenly insignificant.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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