honcho
Example Sentences
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Sargeant held meetings with General Manuel Quevedo, a military honcho who Maduro had put in charge of his fledgling oil industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
The band jumped over to the Sony Music label B1, whose head honcho is Wolfgang Boss - one of the first people to champion Clean Bandit back in the 2010s.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024
Pecker’s testimony was completely confirmed later on in the trial by Cohen, though he came off as a far less credible witness than the National Enquirer honcho.
From Slate • May 29, 2024
Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, saw the terror coming, and experienced his fair share of remorse; some of the movie’s most indelible scenes depict the Los Alamos honcho shuddering at what he hath wrought.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024
"So, who's in town? Spielberg? The head honcho from Disney?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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