misrule
Example Sentences
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As a new year starts, he and his supporters want this to be a turning point for the country, which is trying to recover from devastating economic crisis and years of misrule.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024
"I ask for time, valuable time to rescue the country from corruption and misrule."
From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2022
They accuse him and his powerful family, which includes several siblings who until recently held top government positions, of precipitating the crisis through corruption and misrule.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022
But Filipinos seemed ready to embrace their democratic rights and move on from Marcos’s misrule.
From Washington Post • May 9, 2022
We were talking over England's diabolical misrule, and I never knew Mr. Prang so luminous.
From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]