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empire

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


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And then, in the span of just a few hours on July 25, 2024, his empire came crashing down.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

But the empire of ranch is much bigger than a bottle of the original sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Since 2011, Letterboxd has transformed from a simple film-logging platform where you can see what your friends are watching into a full-scale film media empire.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

And what greater irony would it be for this empire that Alex built to be turned into this fairly diverse, progressive, artsy-fartsy comedy streaming site?

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

As superintendent of the Union Stock Yards, Sherman ruled an empire of blood that employed 25,000 men, women, and children and each year slaughtered fourteen million animals.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

A U.S. naval officer, historian, and military theorist, Mahan argued that control of the seas was the key to empires from Rome to Britain.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

It is with such acts of carelessness that leaders lose their credibility and empires lose their power.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2026

Though no fan of the Inka, he conceded that “only a very small number of empires throughout the whole world have succeeded in achieving this feat.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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