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Recent Examples of camarilla
Russia does not have institutions so much as a camarilla of oligarchs around the leader.
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Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camarilla
Noun
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He's also obsessed with joining a secret white supremacist cabal known as the Christmas Adventurers Club (yes, really).—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
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The twilight of empire was also a time of conspiracy theories about international Jewish cabals, said to manipulate power through money and shadowy networks in order to rule the world.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The clouds are as much a character in Murphy’s work as the cowboys, though the former are unchanged since the Oceti Sakowin first formed their confederacy.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the sixteenth century, the nomadic, reindeer-herding Sámi people of what’s now northern Sweden and Finland and the Shawnee of the Ohio Valley in North America, who lived in farming villages organized as a confederacy, didn’t necessarily have much in common.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Finally, both Garcia and Niroula were also sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in September 2012 on charges of murder and conspiracy.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Netflix film stars Keira Knightley as a reporter plunged into a deadly conspiracy while on assignment on a luxury yacht.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The investigations lead Nikki to secret deals between the U.S. Navy and the camorra, a syndicate of organized crime families in Naples.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Sep. 2024
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In the struggling city of Naples, stereotyped by other Italians as superstitious and controlled by the camorra, Maradona was received like a homecoming god.—
Jo Livingstone,
The New Republic,
8 Dec. 2021
Noun
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The Maduro government says Trump is using the targeting of drug cartels as a pretext for regime change.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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The confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs comes after local media reported that such a request had been made by the United States, which has ramped up its presence in the southern Caribbean — allegedly to target drug cartels operating from Venezuela.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From award-winning author Debbie Johnson comes a heartfelt story of sisterhood, loss and love, embedded in a thrilling journey across Europe.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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That sisterhood relationship is very important on the show.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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Outside of academics, Hudson was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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The race has continued to grow each year, with participation from survivor support groups, advocates, the Milwaukee Police Department, local sororities and fraternities, and more.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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