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The novel combines Beauty and the Beast with the Mafia world, following Imogen Demotta and Lincoln Knight.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Read All About It Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty to a two-count federal indictment accusing him of participating in a brazen scheme to rig underground poker games backed by the Mafia.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
This World Series is rigged, probably by the Dems & the Mafia.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
In the Brooklyn prosecution, the Mafia played a major role in the high-end poker games, with mobsters posing as ordinary players at the tables and providing the muscle to collect debts, prosecutors said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Read All About It Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty to a two-count federal indictment accusing him of participating in a brazen scheme to rig underground poker games backed by the Mafia.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
This World Series is rigged, probably by the Dems & the Mafia.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
In the Brooklyn prosecution, the Mafia played a major role in the high-end poker games, with mobsters posing as ordinary players at the tables and providing the muscle to collect debts, prosecutors said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Mafia
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“The Mafia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Mafia. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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