inner circle

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He relies on an inner circle of advisers who are in their jobs to back up his decisions and make them happen.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and other Kremlin functionaries live in highly-secure estates near the Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Highway west of Moscow, a suburban community dubbed “Moscow Beverly Hills.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Come March and April, this person enters our inner circle — an intimate partner who digs into our financial life.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Many of them from her own party, governors, members of, if not her inner circle, certainly the next circle of influence.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

As he drove home, Ellsberg knew he had just burned his bridges to the president’s inner circle.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin