empire
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In the wake of what they view as Jane’s power grab, Steven and Amy see a scenario in which they are willing to split up the empire, much like Sol once did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Murdoch, his business empire and his feuds with his six children have become rich pickings for authors, screenwriters and directors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
As he assembled his sports empire, baseball was the one sport that eluded him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
As CEO, Cook has expanded beyond forecasting demand to orchestrating smooth integration throughout Apple’s growing empire of products and services.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
He was of such goodness that among the other laudable deeds attributed to him is this: in the fourteen years he ruled the empire, he never put anyone to death without a trial.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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You’re both from the Midwest, you both dropped out of college, and you both have built these political media empires.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
In turn, Nolan has sacrificed Odysseus himself to serve his own needs, scrapping the character’s prickly personality to Trojan-horse a message about how empires collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
It offers not only a fresh portrait of India's most controversial Mughal ruler, but also a rare glimpse of how one of the world's great early-modern empires actually worked.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The German and Russian empires went to war in 1914 despite longstanding ties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Conquest of the two large mainland empires, those of the Aztecs and Incas, followed in 1519—1520 and 1532-1533, respectively.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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