strongman
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Darwin Silva, 37, came to collect the remains of his mother, who died in the Hugo Chavez social housing complex, a flagship program of the late strongman leader.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
It is the most popular game on earth because it asks for nothing but a ball and other people, and rewards what the strongman cannot abide: cooperation, trust, the surrender of the self.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
"He has shaped the image of the first populist president, the first acclaimed strongman of the 21st Century."
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
There are sufficient numbers of otherwise normal people who are attracted to the pathocrats because of their charisma and strongman appeal — enough to lift them to power.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
Others pulled him off and held him, though he was a strongman.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Among the many contentious strongmen who have popped up worldwide in the first decades of the 21st century, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is the most confounding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
But the alliance between the children of two former strongmen presidents soon unravelled as they pursued separate political agendas.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Many countries fell under the domination of caudillos, or strongmen whose power stemmed from financial control of the land’s resources.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
But the real strongmen see right through him.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
I hadn’t seen it while they were sitting, but now that they were moving it was painfully obvious they were church strongmen.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
