kingmaker

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This new chapter started when the early AI stalwarts began serving as the next kingmakers of the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The latest chapter started when the early AI stalwarts began serving as the next kingmakers of the market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

“You are the most extraordinary young person I have ever met,” replied one of those elderly kingmakers.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025

Throughout the tournament, Patel said the team has displayed a mental toughness that has kept them competing with the kingmakers of the cricket world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

It was in the days of Fujiwara Yoshifusa that the descendants of Kamatari first assumed the role of kingmakers.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)