kingpin
Example Sentences
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The Mexican authorities and the US reported that US intelligence was involved in bringing down the kingpin, lending the operation a sense of cross-border cooperation which could benefit both governments.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
A sports kingpin, White is also part of a circle of Trump whisperers and influencers, such as podcasters Theo Von and Joe Rogan, who is also a UFC commentator.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
It also made him a kingpin and punched his ticket to serve as co-leader of the free world for several months.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025
Last month, the US sanctioned nine people and companies connected to Shwe Kokko and the Chinese criminal kingpin She Zhijiang, founder of the multistorey Yatai New City centre.
From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025
Well, when he got through figgerin’ he showed it to some other fellers and there it was, plain as anything—the earth wasn’t the big kingpin at all.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
