rainmakers

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Davis Polk has cemented itself in recent years as a top player in the industry, growing its private-equity and dealmaking work and going on a hiring spree of top corporate rainmakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"Upland forests are like natural rainmakers," Jiang said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025

While much of the state moved out of drought conditions after strong winter and spring atmospheric river storms, Simeral said the Mojave didn’t benefit as much from those rainmakers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Centerview is also among those on the lookout for French rainmakers, a source familiar with its strategy said, and would only launch a Paris office once a senior dealmaker was available.

From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2019

It did almost seem as if we Marines were rainmakers.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac