tyrants
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The pontiff responded by saying he had a "moral duty to speak out" against war -- and then sparked more headlines with a speech in Cameroon lambasting "tyrants" ransacking the world.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants" in unusually forceful comments during a visit to Cameroon.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Having suffered through the rule of tyrants in the late sixth century, they imposed reforms designed to prevent another such period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
“Dictators, tyrants and kings build monumental architecture to buttress their own egos, which is called authoritarian monumentalism,” Gilmore writes.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2025
Dean and Don Eggelston are pit-bull mean eighth grade tyrants with beards.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
