crony
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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
Roger Brooks Taney, who served as attorney general for two years during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, and later as chief justice of the Supreme Court, was known as a Jackson crony.
From Salon ● May 20, 2023
But he was also as much a friend as Alliser Thome could boast, and a crony of sorts with Janos Slynt, however briefly.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Currently residing in the Further, Elise explains that Cyrus and his cronies plan to unleash their evil in the land of the living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
"The co-ordinator and her cronies were busy shopping for handbags online."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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
If she and her cronies from the College kitchens could get as far as Abingdon, they could play havoc with the weir....
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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Born a Crime
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