iron rule
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He was deposed by popular protests in 2019 after 30 years of iron rule.
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2022
“The iron rule of Korean dramas is that ... you need to be able to empathize with the characters.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2022
In 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died after more than a decade of iron rule; he was 69, according to official records, but some reports indicated he was 70.
From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2020
Together, they are testing whether that iron rule for electoral survival and success across rural America still holds.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2018
It seems incredible what a hard iron rule theirs was—especially if one knows Austria and the Austrians a little.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
