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
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
Ivan Golunov, one of Russia’s best-known investigative journalists, spent years reporting tenaciously on corruption in Moscow’s city government, uncovering evidence of crony deals, missing money and failed public services.
From New York Times • May 11, 2022
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
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Born a Crime
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