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Eventually, the two men — and the small army of gangsters and mercenaries Gi-hun has hired with his massive cash reserves — team up.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
26 Dec. 2024 -
Worried that this year’s game will begin soon, Gi-hun ups the reward to 1 billion won (around $695,000) and intensifies the search until basically all of Seoul’s gangsters are working for him.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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The Middle East is a region of tyrants, from Iran to Saudi Arabia.—
John Feffer,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024
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The greatest of all tyrants thunders onto screen in this thrilling story of fossil discovery by three young boys.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
8 Dec. 2024
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The Arab Spring movement in the 2010s didn't prevent the reemergence of dictators in the Middle East and North Africa.—
Michael Kugelman,
NPR,
21 Dec. 2024
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Shih, the expert on Chinese elite politics, said many dictators, from former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Mao, have eventually turned against their own proteges.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
15 Dec. 2024
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The next big bad in Jared Leto's motley crew of sinister screen villains has finally been announced.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
21 Dec. 2024
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For others, deep cuts are remembering the names of random Ninja Turtle villains.—
Staff,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2024
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But its core themes—the corrupting allure of control, the dangers of putting the future in the hands of greedy autocrats—align closely with those of the original Dune novels.—
Emma Stefansky,
The Atlantic,
21 Dec. 2024
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This put a bright spotlight on the hypocrisy and hubris that have often characterized the aspects of American foreign policy that exist outside the rules, which fuel the narratives of autocrats and populists alike.—
Ben Rhodes,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Dec. 2024
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The cert petition was filed after the Hawaii State Supreme Court ruled against the defendants in the case and held that Honolulu’s case should proceed under state law.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, Ellison's co-defendants, Nishad Singh and Gary Wang, were left free by the courts.—
Brady Dale,
Axios,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Enforcers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforcers. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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