honcho
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Sargeant held meetings with General Manuel Quevedo, a military honcho who Maduro had put in charge of his fledgling oil industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
The band jumped over to the Sony Music label B1, whose head honcho is Wolfgang Boss - one of the first people to champion Clean Bandit back in the 2010s.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024
Pecker’s testimony was completely confirmed later on in the trial by Cohen, though he came off as a far less credible witness than the National Enquirer honcho.
From Slate ● May 29, 2024
I also called the head honcho at the other end of the newspaper spectrum: Chris Argentieri, president and chief operating officer at the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
“I’m the head honcho, mister. I don’t have to tell you what I’m gonna do.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Like his character in “Curb,” Mr. David has been reluctant to tolerate life’s small idiocies—or the larger ones he perceives emanating from network and production-company honchos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Presumably, if the administration honchos really think that is the case, they will rush out today and throw all of their money into these grossly undervalued bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Friction ensued between Rees and private-credit honchos Ostrover and Lipschultz.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
A culture gap and the disproportionate influence that India’s founding generation of company honchos still wield over their companies continue to stymie those wanting access to a $25 billion market.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Don’t worry, one of Reverie’s honchos tells Seymour, “you’re an editor, you’ll make it work.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
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