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That's the same South Africa that once hosted a Sudanese dictator after the ICC issued warrants for his arrest on crimes against humanity and genocide and then, last year, also hosted a Sudanese warlord accused of crimes against humanity.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
The country has become a magnet for warlords, arms dealers, human traffickers, poachers, drug syndicates and generals wanted by international courts.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
My wife, who is not an international money launderer or mercenary warlord, was turned down for a savings account with a UK bank last year because her driving license had expired.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The Liberian former warlord and senator whose brutal tactics shocked the world.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
The country has become a magnet for warlords, arms dealers, human traffickers, poachers, drug syndicates and generals wanted by international courts.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
My wife, who is not an international money launderer or mercenary warlord, was turned down for a savings account with a UK bank last year because her driving license had expired.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The Liberian former warlord and senator whose brutal tactics shocked the world.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
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Woot Presidents' Day Pet Tech Deals If the cat distribution system has awarded you with multiple furry overlords, then this Wopet Automatic Cat Feeder deal has your name on it.—
Gabriela Vatu,
PCMAG,
15 Feb. 2025
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By the finale, his effort to lead a rebellion against the game's overlords was thwarted, leaving his fate unclear and ending the season on a massive cliffhanger.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
31 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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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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But in the eyes of Egypt’s rulers after the 1952 revolution, economic development was the real key to modernity.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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Now, she's passed the Queen of Pop's 12 rulers, establishing herself as the female act with the greatest number of No. 1s.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Baseball ops boss David Stearns constructed a team of players that appear to have the character the Mets are looking for, something Lindor views as a potential strength of the 2025 squad.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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She was inspired by seeing all the women at Miami Metro — Tanya (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Maria, and Camilla (Sarah Kinsey) — and liked the idea of a woman getting to boss around her brother, who was hired full time in the forensics department.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 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 1 Mar. 2025.
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