autocratic

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A 2006 Times investigation detailed how dozens of former associates and workers left the UFW because of what they described as Chavez’s increasingly autocratic ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"The election... forms a major counter to China's autocratic one-party rule," said Phuntsok.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Moreover, history suggests that foreign support has rarely been the determining factor in helping popular revolts topple autocratic leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

In 2002, Andrew had become patron of the British-Kazakh Society jointly with the country's autocratic president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 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