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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
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Jeffrey Epstein's cabal of politicians, bureaucrats, and elites who turned a blind eye must be held accountable.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Then there’s the widespread QAnon conspiracy claiming that a global cabal of pedophiles is drinking the blood of children to gain immortality.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Aug. 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
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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
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The Bundys and several others in the vehicles were arrested and charged with multiple federal crimes, including conspiracy to impede federal officers.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025
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Julie and Todd were found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax fraud in June 2022, while Julie was also found guilty of wire fraud.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 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
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In February, the administration designated Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel, MS-13 and other drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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In a terse statement confirming only the broad outlines of the incident, the Pentagon equated Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government to a narco-trafficking cartel, allegations Caracas denies.—
Phil Stewart,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mardi Gras krewes including Uong’s own Chaissez Ladies sisterhood are planning soirées to kick off Carnival.—
Beth D'Addono,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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Films and television programs like Hocus Pocus, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, The Craft, Halloweentown, Charmed ,and Practical Magic reintroduced the practice of witchcraft to the American public through depictions of adolescence, sisterhood, and family.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Delta Gamma sorority house is bustling on a warm, sunny Friday afternoon.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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One place for students to stock up on study snacks, ready-to-eat meals, toilet paper, and enough plastic cups to host the entire sorority?—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Camarilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camarilla. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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