tyrant
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The framers of the Constitution “did not want a tyrant, a monarch, a demagogue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
He informally referred to them as "Tylosaurus thalassotyrannus," meaning "sea tyrant."
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026
But postwar Germany, unlike France after Napoleon, had no victory to celebrate and no one left who was eager to honor the fallen tyrant.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
But the author’s overcooked ending—“like a tyrant with an iron fist”—shows where Mr. Stuttard comes down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
But the tyrant who had seized power was jealous of anyone with education and money, and so Papito was often sent out of the country on a bogus diplomatic post.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
The pontiff responded by saying he had a "moral duty to speak out" against war -- and then sparked more headlines with a speech in Cameroon lambasting "tyrants" ransacking the world.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
It follows the Pope's warning earlier this month that the world is being "ravaged by a handful of tyrants" as he criticised the cost of war during a visit to Cameroon.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Having suffered through the rule of tyrants in the late sixth century, they imposed reforms designed to prevent another such period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Humans have laughed at tyrants going back to the days of the ancient Greeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
Dean and Don Eggelston are pit-bull mean eighth grade tyrants with beards.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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