central figure

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Again as though making a training film, Mr. Jones surrounds the central figure with role models who maintain good humor and understanding throughout every patience-testing episode.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Suleimani, an Arabic speaker, was a central figure in the formation of Iran’s proxy constellation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

The central figure making this case, according to several accounts, is Gen. Dan Caine, the Trump-appointed chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

Valentino's creative director Alessandro Michele celebrated him as "a central figure in the history of Italian culture".

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Yet it is Hampden, and not Eliot or Pym, who lives in the popular imagination as the central figure of the English revolution in its earlier stages.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various