strongman

Example Sentences

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“The fundamentals are still there, and some strongman will rise to the top as they always do,” Levin said.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

It remains divided between a UN-recognised government based in Tripoli and an eastern administration backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 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

Others pulled him off and held him, though he was a strongman.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin