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
He reflected on those who helped the siblings through the horrific events, his mother’s role as the family linchpin and then what was taken from him personally.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 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
The Full-Scale Tunnel, the linchpin of the lab’s World War II drag cleanup work, continued to test everything from low-speed aircraft designed with delta wings to helicopters.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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