iron-handed
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Some of those critics now say her new government could be even more iron-handed and aggressive.
From Fox News ● Jan. 2, 2019
In Peru, voters chose Sunday between two conservative candidates in a tight presidential race that has become a referendum on the legacy of imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori’s iron-handed rule in the 1990s.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2016
The hotel's fitness center is one of the best in the city, with an indoor pool and treadmills overlooking the city skyline; the spa has plunge pools, steam rooms, and iron-handed masseuses.
From Time Magazine Archive
It seems that Water Valley, Mississippi, is attracting hosts of Swiss settlers, speaking of whom a contemporary calls them "iron-handed mountaineers."
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 39, December 24, 1870. by Various
Both candidates are very ambitious men; both profess to be the people's champion-the sovereign people-the dear people-the noble-hearted people-the iron-handed, unbribable, unterrified democracy-the people from whom all power springs.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
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