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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) The first Call of Duty game to venture beyond World War II into modern-day geopolitical situations and international intrigue with nukes, an anti-U.S. Middle Eastern warlord and an ultranationalist Russian terrorist involved.
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Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
In the classic Chinese novel , the warlord Liu Bei and his generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei swore an oath of brotherhood in a peach orchard.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
By episode nine, Mariko goes head-to-head with Ishido Kazunari (Takehiro Hira), the warlord, and confronts him.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
By the time the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine was retired from active warlord duty, more than 170,000 had been made.
—Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
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Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
In the classic Chinese novel , the warlord Liu Bei and his generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei swore an oath of brotherhood in a peach orchard.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
By episode nine, Mariko goes head-to-head with Ishido Kazunari (Takehiro Hira), the warlord, and confronts him.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
By the time the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine was retired from active warlord duty, more than 170,000 had been made.
—Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
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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.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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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
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That includes Democrats calling Trump a caudillo — a stereotypical Latin American strongman — or Republicans accusing Biden for being socialist in the style of left-wing Latin American leaders.Syra Ortiz Blanes and, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
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And this caudillo style (to put it politely) is ensconced in the United States.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 June 2024
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Iran’s rulers once claimed to offer an exportable Islamist model that could rival both capitalism and communism.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Instead, Assad, the second son of former Syrian ruler Hafez Assad, planned to be an ophthalmologist.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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In Season 4, Apple’s sly comic thriller about a motley crew of MI5 rejects who keep finding themselves out in the field—despite their boss’s best intentions—was better than ever, introducing an enigmatic new villain (Hugo Weaving) and bringing River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) into greater focus.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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In Jacques Audiard's cartel musical, Gomez plays Jessi, the wife to Karla Sofía Gascón's titular heroine, a trans woman who's trying to escape her violent past as a cartel boss.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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A number of sports potentates will be making the Idaho scene, at a moment when tens of billions of dollars are changing hands in pursuit of ever-valuable rights.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 July 2024
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By cracking the whip on local potentates, the party bolsters its already substantial public support and reinforces the power of central institutions.Dali Yang, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
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“Warlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlord. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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