tyrant
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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
The framers of the Constitution “did not want a tyrant, a monarch, a demagogue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 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
“He was a tyrant in our house and now you’re a tyrant in this city, and you can’t even see that it’s the same!”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
We’re presumed to be coldhearted tyrants who spend too much money on gear and private coaches and daydream about DI scholarships that will never come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
It follows the Pope's warning earlier this month that the world is being "ravaged by a handful of tyrants" as he criticised the cost of war during a visit to Cameroon.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 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
“Dictators, tyrants and kings build monumental architecture to buttress their own egos, which is called authoritarian monumentalism,” Gilmore writes.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2025
“Tyrant,” in the classical context, just means absolute ruler—though five will get you ten they were tyrants in the modern sense also.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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