kingpin
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He was no kingpin and had never met most of the people being charged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
India's Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested the "kingpin" alleged to be behind the leak, naming him as a chemistry lecturer involved in the examination process for the NTA.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Thompson, who was described as the "kingpin", Cullen and Newall had all denied the offence during their earlier trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
He has been Showtime’s forgotten kingpin, its lost leader, its missing warrior, a stylishly distant legend who had been overshadowed by the seven Lakers whose statues stand watch over the plaza outside Crypto.com Arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
Francis is wide awake and wearing his favorite-slash-only bathrobe, like he’s some kingpin whose business makes him stacks on stacks of money instead of a technician spending the little he makes on us.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
Sheinbaum said that Mexico has increased cooperation with the U.S., capturing or killing top kingpins with assistance from U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies, but she has rejected direct U.S. involvement in antidrug raids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Following an unexpected meeting of minds between presidents Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro, three Colombian drug kingpins find themselves the target of a joint US-Colombia manhunt.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Federal agencies typically tasked with investigating drug kingpins, gunrunners and cybercriminals were conducting traffic stops and helping with other routine policing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025
Elsewhere, dance kingpins Chase & Status score their fifth top 10 album with 2 Ruff, Vol.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2023
Like kingpins, one steel tier lammed into another, then they all crashed to the floor with a sound as of the roof falling.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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