kingpin

Example Sentences

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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

Hundreds of people dragged away suitcases, computer monitors, pets and furniture as they fled a suspected Cambodian cyberfraud centre, after the country's most wanted alleged scam kingpin was arrested and deported.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

“Doc Flentje was a kingpin in Springfield,” said Bob Levis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

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

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