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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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military
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Recent revelations about the scale of theft by Sani Abacha, a previous military dictator , leaves one speechless.
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Augusto Pinochet, a military dictator who took power in a 1973 coup.
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The country has been ruled for much of the time since then by military dictators .
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Only one president served a full term before turning over the office to another military dictator .
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Replacing one military dictator with another is a recipe for continuing repression and instability.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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dictators of fashion
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Pinochet was a military dictator who took power in a 1973 coup.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the mid 1930s, he had begun to rule as a royal dictator without the benefit of independent counsel.
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He was, simultaneously, a loving father and sensitive poet and a ruthless dictator who presided over a reign of terror.
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The dictator was indeed inside the tramcar.
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They know that the removal of the dictator who so brutalised their community has weakened their claim for total independence.
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When a dictator decides to liberalise his regime he increases his chances of being ousted.
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You can't have 1050 dictators.