iron-fisted
Example Sentences
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That's despite an iron-fisted crackdown by President Noboa over the past two years.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
As Coriolanus’ iron-fisted mother, Volumnia, artistic director and Indie Shakes co-founder Melissa Chalsma doesn’t so much speak as roar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
From the Andes to Central America, new leaders are taking power with populist mandates centered on free-market economic policies and iron-fisted security strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Mali's once robust tourism sector has dried up in recent years after an iron-fisted junta came to power in back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021 and as Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists waged a campaign of attacks.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Gerhard grabs his brother's hand, grips it, iron-fisted.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
