strongman

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And assuming it does, how will it act in the role of the continent's strongman?

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the Crisis Group, a conflict-resolution organization, said that for all Ghalibaf’s strongman bravado, he has skirted political risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

In fact he is the opposite — a domineering strongman who seeks to bully everyone around him into compliance.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Mr. Hanif has struggled to rebottle the lightning of his brilliant 2008 satire, “A Case of Exploding Mangoes,” about the mysterious death of the Pakistani strongman Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

In Africa he’s just another strongman from the history books.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah