empire
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As Mr. Potter observes, Rome’s empire “did not emerge from nothing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Since being notified of the order, Fedorova, who works for a conservative billionaire's media empire, has been placed under house arrest, according to a source close to the case.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Away from her Academy, Dimoldenberg is hugely busy building her media empire.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The BuzzFeed purchase is the latest in a series of business moves Allen has made in recent years to build his entertainment empire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
China consisted then of kingdoms with rich elites and poorer commoners, living in walled towns, and on the verge of political unification to become the world’s largest empire.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
In turn, Nolan has sacrificed Odysseus himself to serve his own needs, scrapping the character’s prickly personality to Trojan-horse a message about how empires collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
It offers not only a fresh portrait of India's most controversial Mughal ruler, but also a rare glimpse of how one of the world's great early-modern empires actually worked.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The author takes aim at the nation-state system, which he contrasts with the glories of past empires, mainly Asian, and the promise of what he calls “humanity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The Adani Group is one of India's largest business empires, operating businesses ranging from ports and power plants to cement factories and media houses.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Boasting and swaggering, he vowed to conquer vast empires.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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