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
“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
A slew of statutes and regulations recognize this authority and address immigrants who are not removed within 90 days, a clear signal that this deadline is not, in fact, an iron rule.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2021
The iron rule of the Marcos era had ended, and Communist rebels held a large part of the city.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2017
God's prophets of the Beautiful These poets were; of iron rule, The rugged cilix, serge of wool.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
