strongman

This school of thought suggests something more unsettling than a strongman simply consolidating power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The court had determined that the strongman had given Chey 30bn Korean won from his slush fund in 1991, and told Chey to pay 1.38tn to his ex-wife.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

A residential complex once touted as part of former strongman leader Hugo Chavez's flagship housing program has been left uninhabitable in Venezuela's earthquake disaster.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

I think about that whenever a strongman tries to own what we had on those fields.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

The latter by this time had already had an eventful career: a Macedonian-leaning social conservative, he was already a prolific author when Cassander, the strongman in Pella, installed him as dictator of Athens.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Fabrizio Foschini, a researcher at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, said during earlier decades of war "mining mainly benefited insurgent groups, including the Taliban, and local strongmen with links to corrupt government officials".

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

The father and son strongmen have frequently paired up to train together and have been spotted rehearsing the elegant poses that made Schwarzenegger a star.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

It may set an example for other strongmen too: Max is now available for download in dozens of countries allied with Moscow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

But the alliance between the children of two former strongmen presidents soon unravelled as they pursued separate political agendas.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

I hadn’t seen it while they were sitting, but now that they were moving it was painfully obvious they were church strongmen.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss