anarchy
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She also defended the actions of the security agencies, saying they had prevented the state from sliding into anarchy.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Lincoln’s opposition to anarchy of any kind was absolute and clarion: “There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
It marks the death knell of the post–World War II settlement that, however imperfect, wrestled the anarchy of war into a framework designed to condition armed aggression on legal justification.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
The first few events sat somewhere between performance art and pure anarchy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Later, while Dad retreated to the living room and Mom fumed in the kitchen, the football boys from Coalwood gathered in Jim’s room, plotting futile anarchy.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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