tyrannical

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Clara Davis, an influential pediatrician, taught that children possessed innate wisdom, and thus their preferences and cravings were a better guide to what they should eat than the dreary and tyrannical “dosage method.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

We’ve also reached a point in the season at which previous groups of Traitors turned on each other for reasons similar to those that do in tyrannical cabals: mutual envy, paranoia and greed.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Shortly after Museveni took power in 1986, ending years of bloodshed and chaos under tyrannical rulers, the young president mused that leaders overstaying their welcome lay at the heart of Africa's problems.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

And having lived under the conditions of a tyrannical government, the authors of the Bill of Rights understood the primacy of free speech.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

But at least Arobynn had an excuse for being equal parts tyrannical and doting.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas