cronies

Example Sentences

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Ayandeh was run by regime cronies, The Wall Street Journal earlier reported, and sank under a multibillion-dollar pile of bad loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Many farms ended up in the hands of government or ruling party cronies while some fell into neglect.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

In a post on X, he said the Trump administration was "holding the regime and its circle of cronies and companies accountable for its continued crimes".

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Vince McMahon’s circle of cronies also included Rudy Giuliani, who, as mayor of New York, officiated at the City Hall wedding of Marty Bergman and Laura Brevetti.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2024

Laucks’s wife and two children lived in another house, in Old Lyme, Connecticut, and Laucks rarely visited them, preferring to stay in New Jersey with his chess cronies.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady