tyrants

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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

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

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Humans have laughed at tyrants going back to the days of the ancient Greeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

Conciliators and aspiring tyrants alike have long laid claim to Lincoln’s warnings against mob rule.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

For weeks I had studied maps, large-scale and small, but maps are not reality at all—they can be tyrants.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck