strongman

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

A residential complex once touted as part of former strongman leader Hugo Chavez's flagship housing program has been left uninhabitable in Venezuela's earthquake disaster.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

He is a defense attorney who became rich representing underworld figures, including right-wing paramilitary commanders who trafficked cocaine to U.S. cities and Alex Saab, the alleged money launderer for former Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

I think about that whenever a strongman tries to own what we had on those fields.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

She couldn’t see Papa, but Mama was feverishly digging, flinging big bags around like she was a strongman.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

They knew that Roman strongmen like Marius and Caesar had been products of democracy—demagogues lifted up by the passions of the crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

The father and son strongmen have frequently paired up to train together and have been spotted rehearsing the elegant poses that made Schwarzenegger a star.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 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

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