dictator

But often, the data that started as interesting information becomes a kind of dictator.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Al-Marimi is alleged to have claimed he was later congratulated in person by the late Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi, for carrying out "a great national duty" against the Americans.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The border was closed by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1969 after Gibraltar voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to remain British.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Katie Miller, wife of Trump’s deputy chief of staff, was dining with the president in January, hours before special forces captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, and noticed Trump was in a ruminative mood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

We should certainly know by now that it is one thing to overthrow a dictator or repel an invader and quite another thing really to achieve a revolution.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

"The issue is not whether the dictators have heard us. The issue is whether they believe our words will ever be followed by our actions," added the US official.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Dictators may be faithless and brutal to their own people, but in the rarefied circle of fellow dictators, a kind of camaraderie flourishes.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

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

From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026

Either these dictators knew what they were doing was wrong or, more likely, they were sure that others would think so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

The once respected and honored Taliban became what they were fighting against, the oppressive warlords and dictators that had preceded them.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai