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In India, Hindu nationalism may have won the day this time, but pluralism can prevail if opposition parties cast aside dynasts and promote more appealing politicians capable of exploiting ideological contradictions within the incumbent party’s support base.
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Dan Slater, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2019
Ladakh's proud patchwork culture includes the legacy of Buddhist pilgrims, Tibetan refugees, Islamic rulers, Sikh dynasts, and Central Asian Silk Road traders.
—Smitha Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2023
The thirst for an outsider combined with the lure of a dynast proved overpowering.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 28 Dec. 2023
Just over a decade ago, some slogans chanted by Iranian protests about death to the Supreme Leader or in favor of Iran's past monarchial dynast would have been taboo.
—Ben Evansky, Fox News, 13 May 2022
All had been named by Henry as his heirs, and all are depicted as rather bloodthirsty offspring of a dynast whose desire for a son set in motion atrocity and horror, a nation remade and history befogged.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021
Farrar became the paper’s first crossword puzzle editor, the founding dynast of the Hapsburgs of the crossword empire.
—Peter Sagal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
With the help of French special forces, the Saud dynasts crushed the movement, but not without significant loss of life on holy ground.
—Keija Parssinen, The New York Review of Books, 31 Jan. 2020
Every successful candidate has to crack a particular personal problem: Trump, outsider; Obama, inexperience; W., dynast.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
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Dan Slater, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2019
Ladakh's proud patchwork culture includes the legacy of Buddhist pilgrims, Tibetan refugees, Islamic rulers, Sikh dynasts, and Central Asian Silk Road traders.
—Smitha Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2023
The thirst for an outsider combined with the lure of a dynast proved overpowering.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 28 Dec. 2023
Just over a decade ago, some slogans chanted by Iranian protests about death to the Supreme Leader or in favor of Iran's past monarchial dynast would have been taboo.
—Ben Evansky, Fox News, 13 May 2022
All had been named by Henry as his heirs, and all are depicted as rather bloodthirsty offspring of a dynast whose desire for a son set in motion atrocity and horror, a nation remade and history befogged.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021
Farrar became the paper’s first crossword puzzle editor, the founding dynast of the Hapsburgs of the crossword empire.
—Peter Sagal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
With the help of French special forces, the Saud dynasts crushed the movement, but not without significant loss of life on holy ground.
—Keija Parssinen, The New York Review of Books, 31 Jan. 2020
Every successful candidate has to crack a particular personal problem: Trump, outsider; Obama, inexperience; W., dynast.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
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“Dynast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dynast. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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