bigwig

Example Sentences

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He and other customers bolted to confront the Border Patrol bigwig.

From Los Angeles Times

The corruption revelations tend to range from the somewhat venal — party bigwigs living on limited government salaries enjoying lavish lifestyles — to more insidious allegations of Morena officials in league with organized crime.

From Los Angeles Times

Don't forget Reeves has several different audiences – not just the public and her party, but the financial bigwigs too.

From BBC

The bowing and scraping from some corporate bigwigs is so pathetic that it sometimes gets comical.

From Salon

The president donned a tux to tell the GOP bigwigs his reciprocal tariff plan was going swimmingly.

From Salon