iron rule
Example Sentences
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It’s the home of Mahsa Amini — or Jina Amini in her native Kurdish language — whose death in police custody last month fanned long-simmering fury over the iron rule of Iran’s clerical leaders.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
He was deposed by popular protests in 2019 after 30 years of iron rule.
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2022
“The iron rule of Korean dramas is that ... you need to be able to empathize with the characters.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2022
That response echoes an iron rule of disinformation.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2020
He was twenty-five years old, and, since the days of enthusiasm when he had become a Socialist, he had imposed on himself an iron rule.
From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert
