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Recent Examples of tyrannical Only the second entry in the young Thompson's filmography, Heavyweights tells the story of a group of enrollees at a weight loss camp who stage a coup against the tyrannical fitness enthusiasts who've recently seized power. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025 The most unpopular president this century is dictating tyrannical violations of the U.S. Constitution. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025 Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 The forthcoming Sunrise on the Reaping follows Collins' fourth book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which explored the early world of Coriolanus Snow — who later went on to become the infamous, tyrannical president of Panem. Staff Author, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tyrannical
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Adjective
  • The Collector is also hoping these will satiate the growing wants of his oppressive overlord, The Forger (Roddy Ricch), who has mysterious motives of his own.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The current war in Sudan involves civil strife and shifting allegiances, in which one oppressive regime was toppled by a coalition, which then turned in on itself, leading to an even more vicious war.
    Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Carrie is described as a reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Perhaps most frustrating to Mainers: the domineering influence of Boston in the state’s government.
    Made by History, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Other writers and artists have also begun to mine this era for clues to China’s current authoritarian malaise.
    Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Since taking office just a few weeks ago, President Trump has rapidly depleted the reservoir of America’s soft power with an authoritarian bent and astonishing speed.
    Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Though White occasionally fell short tying together all the threads — a few songs ambled deep into the weeds and nearly suffocated from their complexity — his masterful guitar techniques and kinetic vocals made the detours worthwhile.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Following a masterful opening round at Augusta National, round one leader Justin Rose came back to earth on Friday, allowing much of the field to move within striking distance heading to the weekend.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Very Territorial Caterpillar Mr. Trump’s autocratic tendencies and disregard for constitutional norms are well documented.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The Democrats lost an election to someone with autocratic tendencies who has expressed endless racist, bigoted, and misogynistic beliefs.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • It was first created in 1942 specifically to serve as a foil to Axis disinformation and over the years became a beacon of hope to people living under all manner of totalitarian and despotic governments.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The notion that these companies were sovereign enclaves of pitilessly despotic geniuses is a myth of recent vintage.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The responses, submitted by a fairly arbitrary group of women, range from profound to half-hearted.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Too many leaders seek to lead down by being authoritative, by pushing dictates on people and relentlessly driving forward toward arbitrary goals and deadlines.
    Andrew Deutscher, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The fine print on those behaviors includes inappropriate drama, being overly assertive, demanding, dictatorial, insecure, too focused on themselves and quick to react, just to name a few.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Don’t let your passion or ego be dictatorial in setting business and product parameters and goals.
    Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

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