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The three Kims, who have been ruling North Korea successively since its foundation in 1948, are the subject of a strong personality cult among its 25 million people.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022

Paramount and local water groups have been ruling the roost for a long time.

From BusinessWeek • May 25, 2011

Moreover, they have been ruling on both military and civilian matters.

From Time Magazine Archive

"History suggests that if my recommendations had been followed when made . . . the chances are good the Generalissimo would have been ruling China today."

From Time Magazine Archive

But for that, England might have secured and consolidated her American dominion, and the House of Hanover at this moment have been ruling over the present United States and Confederate States.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various