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empire

[em-pahyuhr, om-peer] / ˈɛm paɪər, ɒmˈpɪər /


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One finds Emma, played by Brenda Blethyn, in the 1970s when she’s one of the richest women in the world, sitting atop a New York retail empire.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

But the empire of ranch is much bigger than a bottle of the original sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

And what greater irony would it be for this empire that Alex built to be turned into this fairly diverse, progressive, artsy-fartsy comedy streaming site?

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

Mariana Yepez climbed the ranks of the Los Angeles street food scene before building her own taco empire.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The area known today as the southwestern United States was once the northern periphery of the Aztec empire.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

In turn, Nolan has sacrificed Odysseus himself to serve his own needs, scrapping the character’s prickly personality to Trojan-horse a message about how empires collapse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

It offers not only a fresh portrait of India's most controversial Mughal ruler, but also a rare glimpse of how one of the world's great early-modern empires actually worked.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

It is with such acts of carelessness that leaders lose their credibility and empires lose their power.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2026

The author takes aim at the nation-state system, which he contrasts with the glories of past empires, mainly Asian, and the promise of what he calls “humanity.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

As the world began to slide towards a final showdown of the European empires, this kind of music increasingly reminded people of the way of life they were about to lose.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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