tyrant
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Having nullified the Senate, the people turned to a tyrant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Demographer Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos estimates it is now as low as eight million, only slightly more than 67 years ago, when Fidel Castro declared, "The tyrant has fled... the revolution has triumphed!"
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
He informally referred to them as "Tylosaurus thalassotyrannus," meaning "sea tyrant."
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026
But postwar Germany, unlike France after Napoleon, had no victory to celebrate and no one left who was eager to honor the fallen tyrant.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
In the year 540 B.C. or thereabouts, on the island of Samos, there came to power a tyrant named Polycrates.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants" in unusually forceful comments during a visit to Cameroon.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
They’ve suffered over the decades under regional tyrants, and they’ve assisted the U.S. many times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Shortly after Museveni took power in 1986, ending years of bloodshed and chaos under murderous tyrants, the young president mused that leaders overstaying their welcome lay at the heart of Africa's problems.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Humans have laughed at tyrants going back to the days of the ancient Greeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
When Chris visited with Kris Gillmer, he frequently railed against Walt and Billie, portraying them as unreasonable tyrants.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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