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
Does that old-school Logan crony harbor a vendetta against the family after Logan fired him and replaced him with Roman?
From Salon • May 27, 2023
“I think you should be better in touch with your people instead of being a crony for someone.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 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
“They eat kids?” said Lyra’s other crony, Hugh Lovat, a kitchen boy from St. Michael’s.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing crony
Born a Crime
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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And Then There Were None
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