dictator
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They are Mao Zedong, the long-deceased dictator who founded the People's Republic of China, and presided over some of the most traumatic chapters in China's recent history.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Politicians, from the early 20th century dictator Porfirio Díaz to the highly popular previous President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have long shared cultural space with entertainers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The U.S. cooperated with Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who offered military bases during the Cold War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
French social media has been inundated with "humorous" posts about the battle between the late German dictator Adolf Hitler and Ukraine's modern-day hero Volodymyr Zelensky.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Tía Mimi's hedge of bright red ginger shielded us somewhat from the sight of the eyesore palace and of the dictator strolling of a Sunday afternoon with his three-year-old grandson in a minuscule general's uniform.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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