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Players can use their warlords as their in-game profile pictures.
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Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
Here’s a population of wicked beings, created by Morgoth (again: Satan) and in service of a warlord set on conquering the world and subjecting all its people.
—Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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.
—Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
Here’s a population of wicked beings, created by Morgoth (again: Satan) and in service of a warlord set on conquering the world and subjecting all its people.
—Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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.
—Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
Noun
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Growing up watching those movies and reading comics and science fiction, the idea of robot overlords enslaving humanity was always close at hand.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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Léa Seydoux, The Beast In Bertrand Bonello’s softly devastating sci-fi romance, Léa Seydoux plays a futuristic lab employee in a world where AI overlords urge humans to purge their DNA of all imperfections by revisiting their past lives and eliminating strong emotions.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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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Throughout history, individual rulers and emperors have attempted to control, heavily tax, and even halt trade along the Silk Roads.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Much like the moon — which happens to be Cancer's planetary ruler — Mary has an emotional pull that stirs something deep in those around her, effortlessly drawing them into her orbit with her heartfelt sincerity and loving nature.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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She's abruptly fired from her exercise show when her creepy boss (Dennis Quaid) decides to hunt for younger talent to be the face of the series.—
Eric Andersson,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Undeniably audacious in its plotting and conceit, Jacques Audiard’s musical about the wild odyssey of a transgender cartel boss in Mexico goes to places most movies wouldn’t dare, including a showstopper set during a transition surgery.—
Scott Tobias,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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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 28 Jan. 2025.
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