dictator
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At the Justice Department, Mueller prosecuted Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega and the perpetrators of the Lockerbie bombing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Hitler was a relatively rare name in Germany even before the dictator came to fame.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
French social media has been inundated with "humorous" posts about the battle between the late German dictator Adolf Hitler and Ukraine's modern-day hero Volodymyr Zelensky.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
"I don't care if they call me a dictator. I'd rather be called a dictator than see Salvadorans killed in the streets," he said in a speech last year.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Stalin, who led the Soviet Union until 1953, was a cruel dictator who ruled by terror.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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