thug
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But as long as Mr. Cabello remains the thug behind the throne, any such change would be cosmetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
The story focuses on two figures, a school principal and a thug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
In July 2021, Syrian teenager Jamal Hijazi won £100,000 in damages following a major defamation battle after Yaxley-Lennon spread false allegations accusing him of being a violent thug.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024
"But the idea to pay her thug money to try to help protect her this and that, for what?" he added.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024
He cracks his knuckles like he’s some tough thug instead of my dorky older brother.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
His “total peace” proposal aimed to make similar agreements with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, and like-minded thugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
"They began organising traffic and clearing the markets, removing the street vendors who were blocking the roads. We felt protected from thugs and thieves."
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
Braxton: Gaitok’s “eureka” moment when he recognizes the thugs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
Bishop Edward Mwai said that unnamed people had mobilised "thugs" to disrupt the church service, reports the Star website.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025
Herein lay another complaint the people had with the educated and tricky thugs who were trying to form a conservancy district in order to build the Zopilote’s private swimming lake behind the Indian Creek Dam.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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