crony

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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

“I think you should be better in touch with your people instead of being a crony for someone.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2022

The jade business is largely controlled by the military and its crony companies, but the Kachin rebels also extract revenue from the miners.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

University emails would reveal that the co-author of the review, an athletic department crony from UC Davis, Dr. Jeffrey Tanji, spent exactly one day in Berkeley interviewing football players.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022

“They eat kids?” said Lyra’s other crony, Hugh Lovat, a kitchen boy from St. Michael’s.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman