A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been falsely idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.

(informal, idiomatic) The United States.

Before; ahead of.

An opportunity to live longer than was expected, due to some kind of reprieve. / (figuratively) An opportunity to an improved quality of life, due to some change in circumstances.

Part of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Africa.

An arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east

(accounting, transitive) To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero. / (accounting, transitive) To record (an expenditure) as an expense.

a gulf of the North Atlantic Ocean along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain, named for the Spanish province of Biscay

To use or make use of. / To exploit, for example sexually.

a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland