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dictator

[dik-tey-ter, dik-tey-ter] / ˈdɪk teɪ tər, dɪkˈteɪ tər /


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Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan dictator, agreed in 2004 to turn over his nuclear-bomb-making material, Phoenix Air was sent to Tripoli to retrieve it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Hitler was a relatively rare name in Germany even before the dictator came to fame.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 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

Clad in a black leather trench coat, the 42-year-old dictator twirled a cigarette as he reviewed lines of factory employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

There was a broadcast of a speech by this man Fidel, who is trying to overturn their dictator over in Cuba.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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