linchpin
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The petrodollar, in this telling, is the linchpin supposedly keeping the architecture of dollar dominance standing.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Trade is another linchpin to this week’s superpower summit.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
And Kelsey Plum, as of 2025 the standout guard on the Los Angeles Sparks and linchpin of their hope to return to the playoffs after five years on the outside looking in.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
It’s an expensive extension of Adidas’s ongoing “You Got This” campaign and the linchpin of a global World Cup marketing effort that the German sports brand hopes will turbocharge U.S. sales in particular.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
He clutched at it frantically, grabbing it back when it started to fall as if it were the linchpin that held what was left of him together.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
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