dictatorship
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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
“This new republic had more continuity than novelty, since many politicians who were central to the dictatorship moved to central roles in the democratic government,” explains Gasparotto.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
But I wanted the dictatorship to be over so we could go home to live as a family again.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing dictatorship
You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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President Trump's First Address to the United Nations General Assembly (2017)
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