principal figure

Example Sentences

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Saquicela, who took over as president of the National Assembly in May last year, has become a principal figure in the process against Lasso, who is accused of embezzlement in an oil transportation contract.

From Reuters • May 14, 2023

To the amazement of many observers of the political turmoil in Northern Ireland, he became a principal figure in a peace process that he had once opposed.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2022

Westergaard became known worldwide in 2005 for his controversial depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in Jyllands-Posten, which published 12 editorial cartoons of the principal figure of Islam.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2021

David Bouie, a pastor and activist on this issue who is the closest thing “Company Town” has to a principal figure, walks around a block and names the people who have had cancer.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2017

The program of the Two Minutes Hate varied from day to day, but there was none in which Goldstein was not the principal figure.

From "1984" by George Orwell