crony
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The act itself — appointing a crony and longtime friend to an important government job — was not unusual.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
But some worry that Russian-style crony capitalism could be on the menu instead.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
This concern placed the Fed in open conflict with Truman and his Treasury secretary, his crony John Wesley Snyder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
But the other one, on its face, is just a 17-second clip featuring present-day Barron greeting UFC founder and Trump crony Dana White at one of his father’s campaign events.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025
Another guy, his crony, got out of the passenger side.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
The world will be a better place when statesmen and their cronies routinely submit their strategic brainstorms to an LLM, free of wishful thinking or tunnel vision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
While Charles had spent years getting closer to nature, and getting mocked for it, Andrew had been getting closer to Epstein and his cronies.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Even Símon Bolívar, Venezuela’s “El Libertador,” looked the other way when his cronies squandered the finances of the country.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, is in prison, along with a couple of his cronies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Benches and chairs along the two walls were crowded with men from the town, with here and there a sharp-faced woman, cronies of Good- wife Cruff.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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Born a Crime
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