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Haines eventually invoked a scene in actor Colman Domingo's TV thriller The Madness that sees the actor's character weigh similar action against a powerful overlord.
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
In Hot Spot, set in a near future society ruled by sentient A.I., a private eye investigates a murder case only to discover a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
Set in a society ruled by sentient AI, the film follows a private investigator who stumbles upon a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord while investigating a murder case.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
Maybe Kyle is being smited by the vegetarian overlords for eating those buffalo wings the other day.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
In Hot Spot, set in a near future society ruled by sentient A.I., a private eye investigates a murder case only to discover a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
Set in a society ruled by sentient AI, the film follows a private investigator who stumbles upon a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord while investigating a murder case.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
Maybe Kyle is being smited by the vegetarian overlords for eating those buffalo wings the other day.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Biden spoke Sunday with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about changes resulting from a ceasefire deal in Lebanon and the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the White House said.Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
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Biden leaves office in a period of global turbulence, with the Israel-Hamas war ongoing; Syria under rebel leadership after its dictator, Bashar al-Assad, was suddenly ousted; and a civil war raging in Sudan.Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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This frees up Hope to be a tyrant to the wedding planning committee.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Movements, parties, and tyrants thrive on xenophobia—the word might be specifically Hellenic, but the sentiment is universal.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
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Assad's fall is a moment of accountability in a world where despots often escape justice.Paul du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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This sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic substitutes the brother emperors Caracalla and Geta for the original’s Commodus, modeling them not only on him, but on a host of Rome’s other reputedly bloodthirsty despots like Caligula, Nero, and Domitian.Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Illiberal leaders select their cabinet members in the same way that emperors used to choose the governors of rebellious provinces: What matters most is the appointee’s loyalty and capacity to resist being suborned or co-opted by others.Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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What China needed was something like a final emperor, the breaker of the despotic chain who would summon modernity by fiat.Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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The king of TDs at a position should be the No. 1 pick at the position.Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Donald Trump: Comeback king Fortunes have truly reversed for former president turned President-elect Trump.Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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Nightbreed peacock The Northman Year: 2022 Runtime: 2h 17m Director: Robert Eggers This epic from the director of The Lighthouse stars Alexander Skarsgard as a Viking prince who returns to his homeland with vengeance on his mind.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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On March 24, 2022, the day of the contentious vote, Suarez was in the United Arab Emirates — where Quinn Emanuel represents several sovereign wealth funds and other government entities — signing a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Emirati officials alongside the crown prince of Dubai.Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
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The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.WIRED, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
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In buttressing Lukashenko’s regime, Russia became Belarus’s outright suzerain.Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
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“Overlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlord. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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