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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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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
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Americans are divided on that topic, with 55% saying historical figures that supported the confederacy and racial segregation should not be memorialized in a June 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Kormarczyk was indicted on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit unlicensed money transmitting, while Carbajal was indicted for conspiracy to commit unlicensed money transmitting.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in May 2020.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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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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Trump secretly authorized military force against drug cartels in early August.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The strikes would target cartels’ leaders, members, and drug labs, the officials said.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Braxton Family Values, which ran for seven seasons between 2011 and 2020, became a cultural touchstone for its unfiltered look at the complexities of sisterhood, fame and family life.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Held at the Walt Disney Theater in Orlando, Florida, Donegan, 27, was crowned by previous winner Abbie Stockard from Alabama and later welcomed into the sisterhood by former Miss America contestants.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One example is last year's collaboration between the drink brand Poppi and an entire University of Austin sorority.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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People often came to see the show again and again and return with their mom, or sorority sisters, or childhood best friends, and more.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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