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overlords

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plural of overlord

as in tyrants

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Because, after all, as in all of Haber’s novels, the point is not really what is happening in the world but what is happening in the mind—in this case the mind of the pettiest of tyrants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Aegon, dragged out of King’s Landing by spymaster Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in an effort to save him from the fratricidal Aemond, gets an up-close look at the petty tyrants who have sprouted up in the countryside thanks to his impetuous rule.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026

Definition of tyrants

Noun

No matter how powerful, dictators have always needed subordinates—censors, propagandists, security guards, police officers, intelligence analysts, and local bureaucrats—to carry out their orders.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
For years, America’s conversation about the Middle East revolved around terrorism, stability, and the supposedly binary choice between friendly dictators and dangerous Islamists.

— Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of dictators

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Upending global trade, plucking a dictator out of Caracas, escalating to full-on war with Iran, shredding alliances, courting despots — the major twists and turns of this administration never end.

— Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026
In this telling, Ivan appears as a precursor to Stalin and other ruinous Russian despots.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of despots

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Mick and Kip climb out of the car and stretch at their leisure like a couple of young kings.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
How far might a nation go that had no kings to depose, no entrenched hierarchies to uproot, a country so young and iconoclastic and resource-rich?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of kings

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Modern-day courtiers and princes–to say nothing of bureaucrats–should not be the ones deciding what gets made and who gets to see it.

— Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Fictional princes fill pop culture, from heroic leaders in science fiction empires to charming ones in modern takes on classic fairy tales.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of princes

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Roman emperors typically had tens of thousands of people serving in the Praetorian Guard; modern autocrats rely on standing armies.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Failing to recognize that flaw has been the downfall of emperors and autocrats.

— Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of emperors

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Colombian police have arrested the wife and daughter of one of Ecuador's most powerful drug lords who was extradited to the United States last year, President Abelardo de la Espriella said Sunday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Yes, those of us who are both excited and nervous about the promise of AI welcome the prospect of kings and clerics and populist politicians alike standing up to the tech lords — who, frankly, could use some perspectives other than their own.

— Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

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