linchpin
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Trade is another linchpin to this week’s superpower summit.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
But in retrospect, that was a linchpin moment that allowed us to stick around.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
TSA workers are a linchpin of U.S. airport security, scanning travelers and their bags before they can head to their gates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
Britain’s National Crime Agency later identified Coral as a linchpin of Russia’s oil market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
He clutched at it frantically, grabbing it back when it started to fall as if it were the linchpin that held what was left of him together.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
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