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It advocated for greater freedoms and rule of law even as those notions fell increasingly out of favor with a populace willing to embrace a strongman ruler to end the post-Soviet economic malaise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

"Imagine bending a flexible ruler, except the bend is squeezed into a space smaller than a billionth of a meter," said Sathvik Ajay Iyengar, a former Rice doctoral student and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

The constant mansplaining by Daemon about what it takes to be a strong ruler didn’t make a lick of difference, but it sure was annoying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Macron, who became the first head of state from the European Union to visit Syria since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in 2024, was not present at his nearby hotel at the time.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

"Alexander of Macedonia. Alexander the Great. Only thirty-two years old and ruler of much of the ancient world. How much more he might have achieved if he'd only listened to me."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

There is no sign that Kuwait’s rulers are planning a fundamental shift away from heavy reliance on the U.S. as their main security partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

They pieced together the story of the people she may have painted in Chennai in India, known then as Madras, including the Nawabs of Arcot, the local Mughal rulers.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Vang Vieng has been a fixture on the Southeast Asia backpacker trail since Laos' secretive communist rulers opened the country to tourism decades ago.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

The Proverb about “pride before a fall” is a warning to egotistical rulers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

They must be important rulers, and immensely old, but...

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas