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figure in

verb as in contribute to

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Thus began Anolik’s trip back into Babitz’s past via a large cache of correspondence that revealed, among other things, her sometimes convivial, often fraught relationship with Joan Didion when the writer, who was nine years older, was the queen bee of L.A.’s lit scene and a key figure in Babitz’s creative life.

It is unlikely a figure in that region will be announced at Baku.

From BBC

After being freed from the camp, Johnny went on to become Britain’s first black barrister, Sierra Leone Attorney General and was also a pivotal figure in the Windrush generation.

From BBC

The 84-year-old winner of a 20th House term on Tuesday was reportedly a central figure in Biden’s ouster from the top of the ticket, pressuring him in private meetings before he ultimately called it quits in July.

From Salon

George Esparza, a central figure in Huizar’s sprawling pay-to-play operation, provided federal prosecutors with a huge trove of evidence for their investigation into bribes from downtown real estate developers seeking city support for their projects.

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