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Recent Examples of warlord
When the theocratic warlord of Ottoman Tripoli demanded that the incoming president pay up for peace, Jefferson refused.
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Navigating gangs, warlords and anarchy, Snake must rely on his skills and survival instincts to complete the mission before time runs out.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In Shogun, Hira played Japanese warlord Ishido Kazunari, one of the main antagonists of the acclaimed historical drama.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump is selling us out to tech warlords, at home and abroad.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Navigating gangs, warlords and anarchy, Snake must rely on his skills and survival instincts to complete the mission before time runs out.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In Shogun, Hira played Japanese warlord Ishido Kazunari, one of the main antagonists of the acclaimed historical drama.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump is selling us out to tech warlords, at home and abroad.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
Noun
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The end of the first season saw Dream (Tom Sturridge) endeavor to become a gentler overlord of the Dreaming; meanwhile, Gwendoline Christie's malevolent Lucifer Morningstar plots with Roger Allam's Lord Azazel to foil Dream's plans, and wreak havoc on the entire waking world.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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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
Noun
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Deriving from the word caudillo, or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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Deriving from the word caudillo, or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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As your modern ruler retrogrades, family dynamics come into focus.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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The track held as the longest ruler by any solo male act, if only for a relatively short span of time.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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That was just a completely different life, and Lisa was also my boss.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
29 Apr. 2025
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My boss tried to take full credit during the meeting.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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The cover of the first issue of The New Yorker, dated Feb. 21, 1925, carried no portraits of potentates or tycoons, no headlines, no come-ons.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Or were all those billionaire potentates in the Capitol Rotunda — seated in front of Trump’s Cabinet picks — asserting their social, economic and cultural hegemony?—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Warlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlord. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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