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But the 184-page decision that American lawmakers made public shows the commission acting like a petty despot, with little if any regard for due process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has replaced three top officials in charge of his personal security, Seoul said Tuesday, a sign the despot may increasingly fear assassination plots.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026

We aren’t in danger of being taken over by a despot.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025

“We love, we can, we’ll win” became the slogan of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s 2020 challenge to the Belarusian despot Alexander Lukashenko.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024

If my sister Rachel and Mr. William Shakespeare put their heads together to invent an extravagant despot, they couldn’t outdo Mobutu.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

We don’t like despots and dictators and monarchs or anything smacking of royalty.

From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026

Mr. Loconte outlines how their belief in the God-given dignity of man set them at odds with foreign despots and those in England with similar political designs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Many of the leaders we put into power became despots we tolerated until they ran their course, like Panama’s Manuel Noriega.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

These may include African despots as well as someone like Jean-Claude Duvalier, better known as Baby Doc, from the Caribbean nation of Haiti.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2024

He sur-vived going against the wishes of despots and dictators in some of the most dangerous and war-torn jungles in the world.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben