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Recent Examples of warlord
Punishment, some said, for Amodei comparing the president to a feudal warlord and privately urging people to vote for Kamala Harris.
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Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Masahiro Motoki — the Oscar-winning star of Departures — plays a lord who rebels against warlord Oda Nobunaga and barricades himself inside Arioka Castle, only to face a string of unsolved murders within its walls.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Brolin made his foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the warlord Thanos in the Avengers film series.
—Sarah Weldon, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
Whereas Black Ops 6 relished in the texture of its period setting, giving players maps ranging from a warlord’s villa filled with luxury cars or dilapidated bus depots overgrown with foliage, BLOPS 7 has a superficial glossiness to each of its levels.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
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Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Masahiro Motoki — the Oscar-winning star of Departures — plays a lord who rebels against warlord Oda Nobunaga and barricades himself inside Arioka Castle, only to face a string of unsolved murders within its walls.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Brolin made his foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the warlord Thanos in the Avengers film series.
—Sarah Weldon, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
Whereas Black Ops 6 relished in the texture of its period setting, giving players maps ranging from a warlord’s villa filled with luxury cars or dilapidated bus depots overgrown with foliage, BLOPS 7 has a superficial glossiness to each of its levels.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
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Now the ultimate challenge is here, and the stakes couldn't be higher because if the fighters from Earth aren't victorious, Outworld overlord Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford) will invade and take over the planet.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Big Ten has officially sealed its status as our new overlord.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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No one in Washington should be more versed in this terrible history than Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the child of Cubans who fled the island when it was ruled by the U.S.-backed caudillo Fulgencio Batista.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Maduro’s arrest is being compared to the 1989 invasion of Panama and rendition of its caudillo, Manuel Noriega, to Miami to be convicted of drug trafficking and other crimes.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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The ensuing rulers, the Joseon monarchy, did their predecessors one better.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Skipping that meeting and quitting OPEC at the same time will be seen as a snub to Saudi’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Menin has supported Wilson, Bottcher’s former chief of staff, who had his ex-boss’s blessing in the race.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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On behalf of everyone at Disney, on behalf of [new CEO] Josh [D’Amaro] and [Disney Entertainment, Studios, chairman] Alan Bergman and [FX boss] John Landgraf and Debra OConnell, our new head of Disney Entertainment Television.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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The game is a playground for Russian oligarchs, Middle Eastern potentates, and Latin American strongmen—his people.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
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Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.—
James Jeffrey,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Warlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlord. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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