crony

Example Sentences

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This concern placed the Fed in open conflict with Truman and his Treasury secretary, his crony John Wesley Snyder.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

But the other one, on its face, is just a 17-second clip featuring present-day Barron greeting UFC founder and Trump crony Dana White at one of his father’s campaign events.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025

Roger Brooks Taney, who served as attorney general for two years during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, and later as chief justice of the Supreme Court, was known as a Jackson crony.

From Salon • May 20, 2023

“I think you should be better in touch with your people instead of being a crony for someone.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2022

“They eat kids?” said Lyra’s other crony, Hugh Lovat, a kitchen boy from St. Michael’s.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman