ironfisted
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Cassandra, the de-facto leader of the teens, is tenuously ironfisted.
From The New Yorker ● May 22, 2019
Leonard Nimoy did it with a memorable turn as a goateed, ironfisted Mr. Spock in an original "Star Trek" episode that sent the Enterprise crew into a more bloodthirsty parallel universe.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2013
The union grew out of economic despair in 1980 and was crushed the next year by the imposition of martial law, one of the last ironfisted displays of Brezhnev-style authority.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over and over, as if to exorcise the evil of Nicolae Ceausescu's ironfisted 24-year reign, national television last week replayed the taped record of his final ignominious hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
In New Mexico, a state with a weak Governor system, he has already earned a reputation as an ironfisted leader.
From Time Magazine Archive
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