kingpin

Example Sentences

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The Mexican authorities and the US reported that US intelligence was involved in bringing down the kingpin, lending the operation a sense of cross-border cooperation which could benefit both governments.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

He has been Showtime’s forgotten kingpin, its lost leader, its missing warrior, a stylishly distant legend who had been overshadowed by the seven Lakers whose statues stand watch over the plaza outside Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Motley Rice has made a name as the kingpin of opioid litigation, but its tendency to prioritize its own interests is catching up with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

It also made him a kingpin and punched his ticket to serve as co-leader of the free world for several months.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

Francis is wide awake and wearing his favorite-slash-only bathrobe, like he’s some kingpin whose business makes him stacks on stacks of money instead of a technician spending the little he makes on us.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera