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Recent Examples of camarilla
Russia does not have institutions so much as a camarilla of oligarchs around the leader.
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Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camarilla
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Hawai`i’s statehood itself results from a treacherous cabal of business interests–Dole among them–conspiring together on a scheme to wrest control of the land away from Native Hawaiians and give it the U.S.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Adherents of QAnon claim the deep state works with a cabal of pedophile elites to secretly traffic children and harvest a chemical from their blood.Audrey Nguyen, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
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Men were the representatives of their clans and nations in the Haudenosaunee council, which made decisions for the confederacy as a whole.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 21 Nov. 2024
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Adams wanted to align the young Republic with Great Britain, while Jefferson favored a confederacy with France.Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
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The Hawaiian crime boss was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, murder, and 11 other felony charges on July 18, a July 24 Justice Department press release said.Pilar Arias, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Driven by his instincts, Fok begins to dig deeper into the case, uncovering a labyrinthine conspiracy that threads through Hong Kong’s criminal underworld and its upper echelons of power.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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The investigations lead Nikki to secret deals between the U.S. Navy and the camorra, a syndicate of organized crime families in Naples.Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
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In the struggling city of Naples, stereotyped by other Italians as superstitious and controlled by the camorra, Maradona was received like a homecoming god.Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2021
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One of the more surprising foreign policy ideas the Trump team has proposed on the eve of its ascension to power is military intervention in Mexico to go after drug cartels and possibly stop migrants headed to the United States.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Guides paid by the Sinaloa cartel, leading people through one of numerous gaps in the wall.Longreads, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Jennifer Tilly assemblage is her, Sutton, and Kyle, and Sutton is talking about how Dorit has no idea what her sisterhood pact was all about.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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The character is one of the powerful Aes Sedai – a group of women with the ability to channel the One Power who are part of an elite sisterhood.Denise Petski, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Hailing achievements of this Project 2025 sorority is a contradictory betrayal of the advancement women have made in the last century with the goal to support, promote, and protect all women in their progress regardless of political identity, appearance, age, or race.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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But by the end of the season, a potential romantic future between the two is put to the test when he is found in bed with Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook), CeCe’s friend and sorority president.Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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