tyranny
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Modica said some NIMBYs opposing development talk like they are “revolutionary soldiers fighting the good fight against the tyranny of townhouses.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
He said the two countries have stood together "defiant and triumphant against the forces of communism, fascism and tyranny".
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Today we don’t mind the tyranny, it seems, as long as it keeps us comfortable.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
This distinction mattered enormously to the founders, who were deeply suspicious of standing armies and associated them with tyranny and imperial overreach.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
“Do they yet cower under the tyranny of General Ffangg? Are they desperate to return to the days of my iron-pawed rule?”
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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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