tyranny
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When protests broke out to oust the Shah, she showed up for her community, a tightknit cluster of graduate students who were frustrated by his extravagance and tyranny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
The tyranny of the status quo isn’t ending.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026
"The people of Myanmar have shown extraordinary courage in resisting military tyranny," Andrews said.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
True tyranny, for Adams, ultimately came from those in your immediate vicinity—never from the actual forces shaping the world in which you exist.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
What the printing press did, quite simply, was undermine ‘the dishonourable tyranny of that Usurper, Authority’ and strengthen evidence.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing tyranny
The Declaration of Independence
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Fahrenheit 451
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American History I
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