police state
Example Sentences
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In 2025, Georgi was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the Overseas Press Club of America award as part of a Journal team investigating Russia's police state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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
Some of the Americans who crossed were driven by evangelical zeal or simply attracted by the mystery of a severely cloistered police state fueled by anti-U.S. hatred.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
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
