viceroy
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In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Soon he got permission to light up one of the city's most famous addresses - Raj Bhavan, the governor's mansion, once the residence of the British viceroy.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
“And the viceroy Mike Davis tells me — since it doesn’t actually say consecutive — that, I don’t know, maybe we do it again in ‘28?
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024
To reinforce his authority, he adopted the title khedive of Egypt, a designation above a viceroy and only one step below the reigning sultan.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Accurately he was only regent of the Winds, viceroy of the gods.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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For decades, the Delhi Gymkhana Club was among the world’s most elite clubs, counting British viceroys and Indian royalty among its members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Governor Generals, viceroys and people in high society would dine there," Mr Neogi explains.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
It was the homestretch for colonial rule: India would be independent, and the viceroys no more, within the year.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
In the New World, royal authority was enforced by two viceroys, royal officials who ruled over the northern and southern parts of the territory.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
She had been born and raised in a city six hundred miles away, a gloomy city where on ghostly nights the coaches of the viceroys still rattled through the cobbled streets.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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