ruler
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French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday for a two-day visit set to range from esports to the war in the Middle East.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
It advocated for greater freedoms and rule of law even as those notions fell increasingly out of favor with a populace willing to embrace a strongman ruler to end the post-Soviet economic malaise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The constant mansplaining by Daemon about what it takes to be a strong ruler didn’t make a lick of difference, but it sure was annoying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The city had no known palaces where a ruler or ruling class could have controlled these tools of commerce and administration.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
So now I am the page of a ruler.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Kusman, 86, has dedicated his life to the fortress of Cavustepe in eastern Turkey, and to learning the language of the vanished kingdom of Urartu, to honour its forgotten gods and rulers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The post-apocalyptic, jazzy New Orleans-style “Hadestown,” written by Anaïs Mitchell, is a mythical love story that follows young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice and the rulers of the underworld, Hades and Persephone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
They pieced together the story of the people she may have painted in Chennai in India, known then as Madras, including the Nawabs of Arcot, the local Mughal rulers.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Suu Kyi served a total of 15 years under intermittent house arrest imposed by the country’s military rulers between 1989 and 2010, and early in that ordeal she won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
But history strongly suggests that the ultimate goal for the church and the European rulers was about more than winning souls to Christianity.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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