overlord

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Recent Examples of overlord 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.com, 4 July 2025 As for what happens after that, well, the overlords at HBO have requested that reviews be spoiler-free. Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025 More than a decade later, in the 1980s, Kempton also found it within him to champion Richard Nixon, who was then at the mercy not of special prosecutors but rather the overlords of an Upper East Side co-op bent on rejecting him. Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 16 May 2025 One member of the underclass (Jessica Brown Findlay) strives for more by singing for her life on a live TV special, another (Daniel Kaluuya) bursts onto a broadcast to deliver a screed against his overlords; both of their lives get significantly worse as a result of these choices. Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overlord
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Noun
  • The Boys mothership show is heading towards its fifth and final season, premiering next year, and so far, no one seems powerful enough to take down the dictator supe.
    EW.com, EW.com, 25 July 2025
  • In 2003: Qusay and Uday Hussein, sons of Iraqi dictator Sadam Hussein, were killed by U.S. Special Forces and infantrymen from 101st Airborne after a three-hour firefight in the city of Mosul, Iraq.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
  • Our tyrant locks up immigrants, comptrollers too, And sows chaos no matter the cost, so, what’s a public theater to do, To ensure that our democracy is not lost?
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
  • The American Declaration of Independence and Constitution frightened monarchies and despots around the world without a single bullet or gunboat.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Abdication is not a common occurrence in a hereditary monarchy, especially one as old as Japan's — according to the BBC, Akihito is the 125th emperor in his family's line, dating back 2,600-plus years.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • Capri is an island of spectacular views, and this one is the emperor of them all.
    Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Edward was on the throne for less than a year, having been named king on Jan. 20, 1936, when King George V died.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • The first 20,000 fans will receive a Barry Bonds bobblehead, and Bonds will throw out the ceremonial first pitch in addition to other pregame festivities honoring the all-time home run king.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • All retained their titles of prince and princess, but these titles will become personal and any future spouses or children will not have a right to them.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • Bailey is Fiyero, a prince and popular student at Shiz University, while Goldblum plays the iconic Wizard.
    Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
  • By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.
    Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
Noun
  • Witkoff went from Qatar to Israel on Saturday and insisted on having a meeting with the prime minister on the afternoon of the Jewish sabbath—a violation of Israeli protocol rudely designed to remind Netanyahu who was the vassal and who was the suzerain.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.
    WIRED, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022

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“Overlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlord. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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