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anarchy

[an-er-kee] / ˈæn ər ki /


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England have previously thrived in anarchy - their only win in Australia came in two days of pandemonium in Melbourne.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Baqaei called the threat toward Oman "a worrying sign of the normalisation of anarchy and intimidation in international relations".

From Barron's • May 28, 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

Felicia del Pino Felicia del Pino, her head a spiky anarchy of miniature pink rollers, pounds the horn of her 1952 De Soto as she pulls up to the little house by the sea.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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