chieftain
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Datu Atom Malimpnig, a Maguindanaon chieftain, said the newly formed coastline had left the group of fishermen and their families hesitant to return to their now-destroyed homes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The most straightforward, and successful, parts recount the 1836 abduction of a Mexican rancher’s wife named Camila by an Apache band led by the larger-than-life chieftain Mangas Coloradas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
It was López Hernández who, while governor of Tabasco, appointed the alleged mob chieftain to the security post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2025
Charity Adams, changed back to “Fort Lee,” I can only imagine how the SCV and others would respond to a re-renaming after any Lee other than their holy Confederate chieftain.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2025
But the operating chieftain, with deference of course to the patriarch, was a fine-looking man of about thirty-five, broad- shouldered and lithe, with the cream-and-berries complexion of a girl and crisp black curling hair.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Private-credit chieftains including Apollo CEO Marc Rowan and Blackstone President Jon Gray said last year that these were isolated cases and that fears of wider stresses in private credit are overblown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Zero rates took the pressure off corporate chieftains to restructure, innovate, and take risks, as Japan Inc. did before QE arrived.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
On the other hand, the possibly revolutionary impact from artificial intelligence argues that maybe it is still early days, no matter how abrasively these chieftains behave.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
Porter’s national prominence grew when, during congressional hearings, she grilled Trump administration officials and corporate chieftains using her whiteboard to make esoteric policy understandable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
The tribal chieftains were seated at the back of the tent in a semicircle, resting upon richly embroidered silk cushions.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
