dictator
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To investigate, the researchers recruited 44 participants and asked them to make 540 decisions in a Dictator Game -- offering to split an amount of money with someone else, which they then got to keep.
From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026
Appeared in the November 20, 2025, print edition as '‘The Most Successful Dictator of Modern Times’'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
In the dock, Amaglobeli looked defiant, wearing in a blue hoody and holding a copy of the book by Nobel Prize-winner Maria Ressa, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator: the fight for our future."
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025
“They’re sticking their heads out of the roof like they’re going to Dictator Prom,” Jimmy Fallon said.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Dictator or not, she’s not gonna make me dance.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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