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overlord

[oh-ver-lawrd] / ˈoʊ vərˌlɔrd /


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Nobody there or at the overlord NBA is doing this because they think it’s a great idea to watch basketball on your phone when you’re in line at Sweetgreen or Einstein Bagels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

In comparing those statistics with those of its former colonial overlord, Hartnett, Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, found an emphatic stateside outperformance on almost all fronts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

"I think Your Idol is such a banger," says Kang about song the Saja Boys sing while feeding the souls of their audience to the evil overlord Gwi-Ma.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

In the sequel panel, the tables have turned: The same guy is chained in a postapocalyptic hellscape while the woman lounges happily with her robot overlord, smugly nibbling chocolates.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2025

Everyone was worried about how the goblin overlord Ghohg would take it if this elfin visitor died by accident.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Now, thanks to some startling revelations about AI agents collaborating deceptively to outwit their human overlords, doomers are ascendant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

But there are technical challenges: AI agents make lots of decisions very fast, and so it's hard for their human overlords to monitor exactly which values are being followed and which aren't.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

The House wasn’t in session, which is often the best time to check in on staff who don’t have their overlords hanging around.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

Only in 1428 did Itzacoatl, a newly selected tlatoani, ally with two other small vassal states to overthrow their mutual overlords.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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