absolute power
Example Sentences
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The historian argued that Castro feared any rapprochement with Washington would spur political and economic reforms on the island that would jeopardise his absolute power.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
The old adage is true: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026
But time and again the poisonous isolation that absolute power imposes on its wielders blunted the edge of their insight and degraded the capacity of their societies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
He saw King George III’s rule as the epitome of tyranny, and warned that “a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025
Asif couldn’t understand how things worked here and the absolute power a family like the Khans held in a place like ours.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
