strongman
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The court had determined that the strongman had given Chey 30bn Korean won from his slush fund in 1991, and told Chey to pay 1.38tn to his ex-wife.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The lightning operation combined naval, air and ground forces, deposing the strongman who had led Venezuela since 2013.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
I think about that whenever a strongman tries to own what we had on those fields.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
There are sufficient numbers of otherwise normal people who are attracted to the pathocrats because of their charisma and strongman appeal — enough to lift them to power.
From Salon ● May 28, 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
Fabrizio Foschini, a researcher at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, said during earlier decades of war "mining mainly benefited insurgent groups, including the Taliban, and local strongmen with links to corrupt government officials".
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
But the alliance between the children of two former strongmen presidents soon unravelled as they pursued separate political agendas.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
The moment also marked a victory for the son of Cuban immigrants who has long sought to confront the hemisphere’s strongmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
In any event, such operations seldom topple strongmen – but they do seed paranoia and crackdowns as regimes chase ghosts.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
I hadn’t seen it while they were sitting, but now that they were moving it was painfully obvious they were church strongmen.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
