kingpin
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After decades as the second-biggest U.S. burger chain by sales behind McDonald’s, it had just been surpassed by Wendy’s as well as chicken sandwich kingpin Chick-fil-A, according to market-research firm Technomic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
Hundreds of people dragged away suitcases, computer monitors, pets and furniture as they fled a suspected Cambodian cyberfraud centre, after the country's most wanted alleged scam kingpin was arrested and deported.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
It also made him a kingpin and punched his ticket to serve as co-leader of the free world for several months.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025
Hearn, too, was keen to insert some illustrious names into Crocker's orbit, including two-weight world champion Devin Haney, WBA kingpin Rolando Romero and WBO belt holder Teofimo Lopez.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
Francis is wide awake and wearing his favorite-slash-only bathrobe, like he’s some kingpin whose business makes him stacks on stacks of money instead of a technician spending the little he makes on us.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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They Both Die at the End
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