camarilla

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Recent Examples of camarilla Russia does not have institutions so much as a camarilla of oligarchs around the leader. Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
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Noun
  • Underground a cabal of uber wealthy CEOs has created a version of Eden, or More’s Utopia, just in case the world falls apart.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • QAnon is a conspiracy theory that posits the country is run by a cabal of Satanic, pedophilic Democrats who can only be stopped by President Donald Trump.
    Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Americans are divided on that topic, with 55% saying historical figures that supported the confederacy and racial segregation should not be memorialized in a June 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The plaintiffs alleged that the petroleum companies also had participated in a conspiracy to deny that climate change is happening and to convince the public to keep using fossil fuels.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
  • He was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to commit extortion, one count of extortion, six counts of honest services mail fraud, three counts of conspiracy to falsify records, 19 counts of falsification of records, and 17 counts of false statements.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
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    Kate Linderman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2025
  • The thrust of the case is an assertion the defendants have operated as a cartel and have conspired to unlawfully price fix, namely with respect to earning opportunities for players and in locking them into obligations to compete exclusively for approved tournaments.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • About half of those individuals are divorced, separated, or widowed, meaning many women are intentionally leaving a partner at home—and seeking the sense of security and sisterhood that comes with a small-group trip.
    Lori Rackl, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
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Noun
  • From Meghan, Duchess of Sussex to Kamala Harris, here are the women who have paid their dues as sorority sisters.
    Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 10 May 2025
  • Something to keep in mind is that this slasher classic about a group of sorority sisters hunted on Christmas (including Margot Kidder and Olivia Hussey) predates Halloween and Friday the 13th.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 May 2025

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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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