autocratic

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Huerta became one of Chavez’s fiercest defenders even after revelations about his autocratic ways became public — but what else was she supposed to do when people tied so much of her identity to him?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

In Tehran and beyond, residents worry they will be left with a devastated country and the same autocratic rulers as before the war began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Chun Han was part of a team of Journal reporters named as Pulitzer Prize finalists in 2021 for their coverage of China’s autocratic turn under Xi Jinping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

But she also presided over an autocratic government that crushed dissent, and now faces court cases alleging the looting of national wealth.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

He worshiped Johnny and did not like Dove, but he and Dove were bound together by their common servitude to Johnny’s autocratic rule.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes