old-boy network
Example Sentences
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"I had forgotten what an old-boy network it is," she says.
From Fox News
“I had forgotten what an old-boy network it is,” she says.
From Seattle Times
At a time when Washington was, for better or worse, driven by an old-boy network, Zeibert had a talent for bringing together political figures, journalists, lobbyists and sports figures for lunch, dinner and a stiff drink.
From Washington Post
Rampant class and generational issues play a part as well in what she sees as wine’s old-boy network and bro culture.
From New York Times
William S. Sessions, the scrupulously straight-arrow director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1987 to 1993 who faced down the agency’s old-boy network to start bringing in more black, Hispanic and female agents, only to be fired for petty financial misconduct, died June 12 at his son’s home in San Antonio.
From Washington Post
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