police state
Example Sentences
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If Times employees sincerely believe that Times management is using AI to run the newspaper like a dystopian police state, can we really expect staff to file perfectly balanced copy on the potential of AI?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Here, it justifies the creation of a dystopian, paranoid police state because it will make it easier to find someone’s lost dog.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026
He’s also enlisted local police, state troopers and private security for the events.
From Salon ● May 5, 2025
“This is not a police state, it’s a state that provides security,” Ulloa said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Shin did not yet know this, but grassroots capitalism, vagabond trading, and rampant corruption were creating cracks in the police state that surrounded Camp 14.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
