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
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’s a mostly benevolent tyrant, but his crotchety side can get ugly and he’s not always in control of his temper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
“I thought you said it remained a question whether I was a tyrant or not.”
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
The tiny tyrants have ravaged Southern California, leaving disease and death in their wake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
The pontiff responded by saying he had a "moral duty to speak out" against war -- and then sparked more headlines with a speech in Cameroon lambasting "tyrants" ransacking the world.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
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
Qom could also serve as the location for the previous supreme leader, but burying tyrants in Iran can be complicated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Freedom, he realized, did not come only from rising up against oppressors or tyrants.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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