rainmakers

Example Sentences

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The 1,200-lawyer firm said it appointed Scott Barshay, one the firm’s most prominent rainmakers, as its new chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025

Alex To, one of Bank of America's top rainmakers in Asia, has recently left the bank, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2022

Here is what’s keeping corporate rainmakers up at night.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2022

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