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overlord

[oh-ver-lawrd] / ˈoʊ vərˌlɔrd /


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Mr. Washington, star of Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” has one of the richer roles, as the tech overlord who with supple suavity plays upon his friends’ weaknesses and sensitivities to achieve his ends.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

In comparing those statistics with those of its former colonial overlord, Hartnett, Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, found an emphatic stateside outperformance on almost all fronts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 3, 2026

"I think Your Idol is such a banger," says Kang about song the Saja Boys sing while feeding the souls of their audience to the evil overlord Gwi-Ma.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2025

First Paul falls in love with Chani, a Fremen warrior who sees the messiah prophecy as overlord propaganda, which naturally threatens to back-burner his mom.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2024

“Though...I will need to look at it before it is delivered to our overlord, Ghohg.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Now, thanks to some startling revelations about AI agents collaborating deceptively to outwit their human overlords, doomers are ascendant.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

But there are technical challenges: AI agents make lots of decisions very fast, and so it's hard for their human overlords to monitor exactly which values are being followed and which aren't.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos.

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

The House wasn’t in session, which is often the best time to check in on staff who don’t have their overlords hanging around.

From Salon May 29, 2026

There then followed a hectic jurisdictional dispute between these overlords that was decided in General Dreedle’s favor by ex-P.F.C.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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