reign of terror

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Gherie Wedeyesus, a teacher from Brent, said: "Let's put an end to this peddler of misery. Let's end this reign of terror and abolish Ofsted."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2023

There was nothing covert or forgettable about her reign of terror, which saw the Hawkeyes reach their first title game, which they lost to LSU on Sunday.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

“It is time for the defendant’s reign of terror to end,” Deputy District Attorney Marlene Martinez said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Mr. Milone’s complaint depicts what it calls a dysfunctional “vipers’ nest” of Vatican intrigue, financial malfeasance, papal hypocrisy about transparency and a reign of terror by bug- and-blackmail-prone gendarmes.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

The Royalist and Girondin insurrections and the critical aspect of the war favoured the establishment of what is known as the reign of terror.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various