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empire

[em-pahyuhr, om-peer] / ˈɛm paɪər, ɒmˈpɪər /


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For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Plus, why Phoenix’s empire of cubicle jobs is fading and how dads are scaling back at the office for kids and housework.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Fu lived in American communities but sought to use mind control and esoteric sciences to bring down the Western empire.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Jonathan Andic, son of the founder of the Mango clothing empire, who has been arrested in Spain as part of an investigation into his father's 2024 death, has denied the accusation of murder.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Haiti was lost to the French, and Napoleon’s ambitions for an empire in the New World withered away.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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