tyrannical

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Clara Davis, an influential pediatrician, taught that children possessed innate wisdom, and thus their preferences and cravings were a better guide to what they should eat than the dreary and tyrannical “dosage method.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Shortly after Museveni took power in 1986, ending years of bloodshed and chaos under tyrannical rulers, the young president mused that leaders overstaying their welcome lay at the heart of Africa's problems.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

Freed from the tyrannical control that his father Murry had exerted over The Beach Boys’ direction as their manager, Wilson made a self-conscious stab at greatness.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

No one is uninfected by this particular plague; monsters also lurk in militias, cults and FEDRA, the tyrannical government agency assembled in the early days of the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

Shall I call the tree tyrannical, since where it stands nothing survives but itself and its high- borne guests ?

From "Grendel" by John Gardner