rainmakers
Example Sentences
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The 1,200-lawyer firm said it appointed Scott Barshay, one the firm’s most prominent rainmakers, as its new chair.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
"Upland forests are like natural rainmakers," Jiang said.
From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025
Fitness centers weren’t always considered desirable rainmakers by landlords.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2021
Centerview is also among those on the lookout for French rainmakers, a source familiar with its strategy said, and would only launch a Paris office once a senior dealmaker was available.
From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2019
It did almost seem as if we Marines were rainmakers.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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