kingmaker
Example Sentences
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But with a nudge from Rafsanjani, the kingmaker, he was picked by the Assembly of Experts as the new leader.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Her trajectory from New York Times opinion editor to Substack entrepreneur to apparent kingmaker within a legacy media institution perfectly encapsulates how we have confused platform with expertise and audience with authority.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026
By the late 2000s, the media had fully embraced Kennedy’s role as the court’s kingmaker.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
Guralnick’s new book is the story of an immigrant scrapper who became a kingmaker with his unerring instinct for the main chance.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
In later years, I discovered that my father was not only an adviser to kings but a kingmaker.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.