kingpins of the movie industry
a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade
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The book is about a Mexican bookseller who is forced to flee as an undocumented immigrant to the United States, along with her son, after her journalist husband exposes a local drug kingpin.—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025 For years, Mexican police, sometimes with U.S. assistance, have been destroying drug labs and taking out kingpins — to no apparent effect on cross-border smuggling.—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025 In early April, the U.S. State Department revoked the band members’ visas for allegedly displaying a visual of a cartel kingpin during a recent show.—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025 In the headline bouts, Bellator middleweight champion and now 185-pound PFL kingpin, Johnny Eblen will defend his title against Spain’s Costello van Steenis.—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for kingpin
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