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overlord

[oh-ver-lawrd] / ˈoʊ vərˌlɔrd /


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Mr. Washington, star of Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” has one of the richer roles, as the tech overlord who with supple suavity plays upon his friends’ weaknesses and sensitivities to achieve his ends.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 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

First Paul falls in love with Chani, a Fremen warrior who sees the messiah prophecy as overlord propaganda, which naturally threatens to back-burner his mom.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2024

At the moment Tikal was divided, Kaan conquered it, forcing both brothers to recognize the other city as their overlord.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The S&P’s overlords cannot guarantee that this will continue, but they can treat as sacred the rules that give the index credibility.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

In short, Wall Street welcomes our robot overlords.

From Barron's May 11, 2026

Our transit overlords didn’t come up with this rotten idea on their own.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

If anything, the Czechs hated their Nazi overlords.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz




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