ruled

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Appeared in the May 7, 2026, print edition as 'India Is Increasingly Ruled by One Party, Narendra Modi’s'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Ruled with an iron fist by President Paul Biya for 43 years, Cameroon is central Africa's most diversified economy.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Ruled by the Hamas Islamist movement, it is one of the most densely populated places on earth and has suffered years of economic deprivation.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

Hill left space for us to strengthen the relationships between boys and girls, from the way she vibed with the Fugees and Nas on "If I Ruled The World."

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2023

The world were veiled in blinding night, And none could see or know aright, Ruled there no king in any state The good and ill to separate.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)