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One of the greatest joys of my life was watching my favourite uncle, a big, mighty chieftain visiting from my family’s little kingdom in Nigeria, watching The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre absolutely enraptured.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 June 2026
For decades, the Orange County branch of the Mexican Mafia was led by Peter Ojeda, a longtime Santa Ana gang chieftain who maintained control over the local streets and jails even after a federal racketeering conviction in 2006 left him in a prison cell three time zones away.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Hollywood chieftains of yesteryear were never an admirable crew.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2026
Khanzada spent the next decade with the Uzbeks, during which she was divorced by the chieftain and married to another man.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Mar. 2026
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 June 2026
For decades, the Orange County branch of the Mexican Mafia was led by Peter Ojeda, a longtime Santa Ana gang chieftain who maintained control over the local streets and jails even after a federal racketeering conviction in 2006 left him in a prison cell three time zones away.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Hollywood chieftains of yesteryear were never an admirable crew.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2026
Khanzada spent the next decade with the Uzbeks, during which she was divorced by the chieftain and married to another man.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Chieftain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chieftain. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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