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Examples of crony in a Sentence
The mayor rewarded his cronies with high-paying jobs after he was elected.
the criminal's cronies were also closely questioned about the illegal gambling operation
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Imagine, his cronies without experience or knowledge as domestic and international advisers merely acquiescing to his whims.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
While busting those involved, Bugas found several Bennett cronies complicit.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
And yet Griffin had no qualms in recommending that his followers ‘get out and vote for George Galloway’ and ‘stick two fingers up to the rotten political elite and their fake news media cronies’.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024
Many of the farms were then turned over to Mugabe’s cronies, who subsequently did not harvest the land, further contributing to Zimbabwe’s economic collapse.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
Xi and his cronies in the Forbidden City will have shut down a critical engine of economic motivation and growth.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
That same day, his anticorruption movement released a 110-minute expose detailing years of graft by Putin and his cronies.
—Anna Nemtsova, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2024
Earmarks are just a legislative parlor trick that allows individual members of Congress to mandate spending on specific projects, which often – but not always – benefit their cronies or some special interest.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
The West does, of course, have an interest in preventing a certain class of Russians from enjoying life in its cities: Putin’s cronies.
—Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
While busting those involved, Bugas found several Bennett cronies complicit.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
And yet Griffin had no qualms in recommending that his followers ‘get out and vote for George Galloway’ and ‘stick two fingers up to the rotten political elite and their fake news media cronies’.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024
Many of the farms were then turned over to Mugabe’s cronies, who subsequently did not harvest the land, further contributing to Zimbabwe’s economic collapse.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
Xi and his cronies in the Forbidden City will have shut down a critical engine of economic motivation and growth.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
That same day, his anticorruption movement released a 110-minute expose detailing years of graft by Putin and his cronies.
—Anna Nemtsova, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2024
Earmarks are just a legislative parlor trick that allows individual members of Congress to mandate spending on specific projects, which often – but not always – benefit their cronies or some special interest.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
The West does, of course, have an interest in preventing a certain class of Russians from enjoying life in its cities: Putin’s cronies.
—Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
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“Crony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crony. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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