high-muck-a-muck

variants or high-muckety-muck

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Noun
  • Others are the heaviest of the heavy: a college student rendered brain-dead by a fentanyl overdose, a little girl who fatally drowns while saving her sister who fell into their swimming pool.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025
  • Class struggle is reflected in the way that the back-alley heavy, Atticus Hawk, dismisses the ivory-tower eccentricity of the occult specialist Scholar Vitali.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Perimeter defense was a clear struggle for L.A., forcing late challenges by bigs leading to 25 free throws.
    Micheel Alharazy, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
  • The top remaining free agent bigs include Al Horford, Deandre Ayton, and Moe Wagner.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Arena said Bass, who sent the lion’s share of those emails, never represented himself as the city’s lobbyist in front of him.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • With a plethora of game—including lions, leopards, cheetahs, rhinos, giraffes and zebras—the country delivers a blend of adventure and jaw-dropping beauty.
    Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The lights dim, and a hush falls over the crowd, as the last nawab of Oudh strides onto the stage at Palo Alto’s Cubberley Theater.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The lights dim, and a hush falls over the crowd, as the last nawab of Oudh strides onto the stage at Palo Alto’s Cubberley Theater.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And so that – the strength of that wheel has to do with having the spokes and having a multitude of perspective.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 July 2025
  • Front and rear lighting are included for daytime visibility in traffic or after-dark riding, and there's a full fender above each wheel.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Tokyo is famously the reigning king of Michelin cities, boasting 251 stars across 194 restaurants.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
  • Our leader shall not be a king ruling by divine right, as that was decided on this day in Philadelphia 249 years ago, but one of the common folk elevated freely by fellow citizens.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 July 2025
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