Decided
Ruled
Ruled adjective - Subject to a ruling authority.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- These would seem mutually exclusive, but 'luckily' Gil has decided that the majority of humanity isn't worthy to be ruled over and has no problem with wiping out most of the 'mongrels'.
Source: Evil Duo - Bone has Fone Bone and Thorn; while it's more played as Fone Bone being in love with Thorn, Thorn never says anything about not being in love with him back, and had Fone Bone not decided to go back to Boneville at the end, it is stated that he and Thorn would have ruled the valley as king and queen.
- To gain the support of the council that decided who ruled Jerusalem, Sibylla of Jerusalem agreed to annul her marriage to the unpopular Guy of Lusignan, on the condition she chose her next husband.
Source: Exact Words / Real Life
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