inner circle

noun

: a small group of people who lead a government or an organization or who are close to its leader

The President has an inner circle of advisers.

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Sanchez, whose Socialist Party lags in opinion polls, hopes to harness voter resentment over housing ⁠and shift the political narrative away from a series of corruption cases involving his inner circle and a deadly train crash last month. — Reuters, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2026

Opinion polls still show right-wing parties favored to form the next government, after eight years of Sánchez’s leadership and a damaging set of corruption scandals involving figures within the Prime Minister’s inner circle. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026

Bennett shouted, referring to the investigation into allegations that members of Netanyahu's inner circle had financial ties to Qatar while working for the prime minister. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hopes to harness voter resentment over housing in the November 29 election to shift the political narrative away from corruption cases involving his inner circle and a deadly train crash last month. — CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for inner circle

• encircle
• tubercle
• cercle
• preopercle
• semicircle