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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

“What were we supposed to do? Watch them get slaughtered and be silent?” said Muwaffaq Tarif, the spiritual chieftain of the 150,000-strong Druze community in Israel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 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

“The oasis is neutral ground. No one attacks an oasis,” said a third chieftain.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

He became so indispensable to Bernanke as a go-between with Wall Street chieftains and GOP leaders that Fed staffers developed a familiar refrain: “Have you run it by Warsh?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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 chieftains responded, as they were bound to do.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton