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Meanings of strongman in English
Usage of strongman in English
1
Xanthe had seen the way the so-called strongman had looked at her.
2
In Sisi, the House of Saud found a new strongman for Egypt.
3
Erdoğan responded in textbook strongman fashion with water cannons and tear gas.
4
The script misses a characteristic use: as the strongman's tool for crackdowns.
5
For these reasons, the library had always been run by a strongman.
6
They see him not as a rampaging rhinoceros but a straight-talking strongman.
7
Menelaus had lost the duel, so he resorted to this strongman's trick.
8
Like a strongman under an enormous weight, she'd borne her silence alone.
9
Eight months after losing power, the 69-year-old strongman is mounting a comeback bid.
10
Rome once effectively paid Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to block migrants.
11
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Louisiana strongman and scourge of judges, Huey Long.
12
Gulnara Karimova was once viewed as a potential successor to her strongman father.
13
Olivia's heart was like a hand towel wrung by a strongman.
14
Their strongman, Protean, waved shyly before he got into the vehicle.
15
Only after prolonged U.S. pressure did Churchill agree to help strong-arm the strongman Salazar.
16
She gave a cautious endorsement to Egypt's new military strongman.
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