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
Occasionally ironfisted with local dissenters, he showed his formidable political skill in manipulating volatile local opinion over the Canal issue, leading to the 1977 treaties that were ratified�barely�by the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Broadway, chafing at the syndicate's ironfisted control of 1,250 theaters, whooped the young rebels on.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The cry was really meant for Paraguay's ironfisted dictator, General Alfredo Stroessner, and the Pope quietly echoed it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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