strongman
Example Sentences
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While there are far fewer biographies of Franco than, for instance, of Churchill, books about the Spanish strongman are hardly scarce.
The 63-year-old strongman doesn’t believe he will get lasting amnesty, analysts said, feeling only safe among the cadre of loyal military men with whom he has spent a decade surrounding himself.
After playing the song — on his first take, mind you — Turner paused, then popped up and did a strongman flex in triumph.
From Los Angeles Times
He suggested that, on such issues, the U.S. could learn from strongman leaders in other countries.
From Los Angeles Times
But for all of his shameful fawning sycophancy over murderous tyrants, Trump has mostly confined his strongman adulation to matters of foreign policy and national security.
From Salon
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