Examples of kingpin in a Sentence
kingpins of the movie industry
a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade
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With nothing to ease the townspeople’s holiday anxieties, drug kingpin Randy and his confidant, Towelie, invent a new strain of weed called Christmas Snow.
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Instead, the often low-rung crews are detained for interrogation, in the hope of shedding light on shady drug kingpins, gang operations and distribution networks.
—Simon Owen , Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
The documentary claims that Diddy paid drug kingpin Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis to have Shakur killed in 1996.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
In the show's final chapter, Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) brings his New York demeanor to the mean streets of Chicago to solidify his status as kingpin.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Instead, the often low-rung crews are detained for interrogation, in the hope of shedding light on shady drug kingpins, gang operations and distribution networks.
—Simon Owen , Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
The documentary claims that Diddy paid drug kingpin Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis to have Shakur killed in 1996.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
In the show's final chapter, Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) brings his New York demeanor to the mean streets of Chicago to solidify his status as kingpin.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kingpin
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“Kingpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kingpin. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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