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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Meanwhile, in the co-main event, UFC flyweight kingpin Alexandre Pantoja puts his title on the line against Kai Kara-France.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
That event drives the Buckleys down a dark path that eventually pits them in the middle of two warring drug kingpins, the Parker family and a notorious smuggler named Grady (Topher Grace).
—Keith Langston, People.com, 21 June 2025
The star, who broke out with his role in Alfonso Cuarón's Y tu mamá también, last starred as a drug lord on the 2018 drama series Narcos: Mexico, playing Guadalajara Cartel co-founder Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, one of the most infamous drug kingpins of the 1980s.
—EW.com, 17 June 2025
State Department revoked the band members’ visas for displaying a visual of a cartel kingpin during the Zapopan show.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
That event drives the Buckleys down a dark path that eventually pits them in the middle of two warring drug kingpins, the Parker family and a notorious smuggler named Grady (Topher Grace).
—Keith Langston, People.com, 21 June 2025
The star, who broke out with his role in Alfonso Cuarón's Y tu mamá también, last starred as a drug lord on the 2018 drama series Narcos: Mexico, playing Guadalajara Cartel co-founder Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, one of the most infamous drug kingpins of the 1980s.
—EW.com, 17 June 2025
State Department revoked the band members’ visas for displaying a visual of a cartel kingpin during the Zapopan show.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 May 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 4 Jul. 2025.
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