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dictatorship

[dik-tey-ter-ship, dik-tey-] / dɪkˈteɪ tərˌʃɪp, ˈdɪk teɪ- /


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This explains why roughly 1,200 prisoners of conscience, including some 700 arrested for participating in islandwide protests against the dictatorship on July 11, 2021, remain behind bars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

In almost every movie about life under a dictatorship, there is a scene where the security services order someone to “show me your papers.”

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Former senator Brian Burston accused Hanson of running a "dictatorship" when he quit in 2018.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Argentine officials last week published almost 500 pages of intelligence documents dating from 1973-1983, including the seven-year period of the military dictatorship.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Now that the dictatorship had been toppled, he had become interested in his country's fate again.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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