Example Sentences

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Regimes endure by ensuring that shock is immediately followed by restoration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Libor Svoboda, a historian at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, called the law a "hodgepodge" in its current shape but admitted it had fulfilled its task in the past.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

“Anything by Balint Magyar. He is a Hungarian social scientist and he has this tome, it’s this huge book called ‘The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes.’

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

Regimes that rule by fear live in fear.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

Regimes have to incorporate and tame their opponents.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2010