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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
Noun
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Though most bureaucrats in the system are not part of any conscious cabal, the result—DEI scholarships in Burma and green energy projects in Timbuktu—is often much the same.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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To suggest that hateful, immoral behavior is being driven by a cabal of the Catholic Church wielding the axe of natural law is to engage in the very hate- and fearmongering that Schwartz seems to eschew.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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As doctors tried to treat her, Kate’s parents openly discussed their suspicions that a conspiracy was forming around them – and that medical staff couldn’t be trusted.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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Freddy Artemio Guerrero Soto, 29, a national of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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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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When he’s locked up, Mo overhears one of the other immigrants talking about his journey: ‘The mud slides, the snakes, the jungle, the cartel.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The executive order equates these cartels with organizations like the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda, broadening legal tools for the U.S. to combat cartel operations but raising fears of unintended consequences.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Miss Austen, a new four-part drama launching on the BBC on Sunday and coming to PBS in the U.S. in May, is telling the story from a perspective of sisterhood and sisterly love.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Feb. 2025
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Plan a Galentine’s Day event to show the beauty of sisterhood.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Feb. 2025
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The parade features floats, bands, drill teams, colleges and universities, fraternities, sororities, churches and civic and youth groups.—
Del Mar Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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Over the weekend of Halloween 2020, San Diego County issued eight cease-and-desist orders to College Area homes related to partying, six of which were described in the notices as fraternity and sorority houses.—
Caleb Lunetta,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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