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a bigwig in local politics
interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff
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Other Party bigwigs expressed disappointment, too, from the progressives Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to the milquetoast Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
The film stars Andrew McCarthy as Jim, a NASA bigwig tasked with helping Apollo (Drew Van Acker), an astronaut with memory loss, figure out what happened to cause his ship to crash and leave the other crew dead.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
Sharon and Expectation met with then BBC content boss Charlotte Moore and other bigwigs at the British public broadcaster, and Home to Roost was set up as a ten-part BBC series that would follow the return home.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Upset about being undercut, the Texas bigwig resolves to put Georgie out of business.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
The film stars Andrew McCarthy as Jim, a NASA bigwig tasked with helping Apollo (Drew Van Acker), an astronaut with memory loss, figure out what happened to cause his ship to crash and leave the other crew dead.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
Sharon and Expectation met with then BBC content boss Charlotte Moore and other bigwigs at the British public broadcaster, and Home to Roost was set up as a ten-part BBC series that would follow the return home.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Upset about being undercut, the Texas bigwig resolves to put Georgie out of business.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigwig. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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