dictator
Example Sentences
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The comments, broadcast nationwide in Cuba, are the first confirmation of bilateral talks between two governments that have been fierce adversaries for almost 70 years, since Fidel Castro’s revolution toppled the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
The dictator opened a major party congress with a weapons display and a declaration of optimism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Khomeini, then 76, needed a new bolthole after being expelled from his exiled base in the Iraqi city of Najaf by the country's dictator Saddam Hussein.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
Iraq was a state with deep sectarian divisions that was largely dominated by a single dictator: Saddam Hussein.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
No one saw Mr. Guareschi leave, still looking for a small country to be dictator of.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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