camarillas

noun

plural of camarilla
as in camorras

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  1. conspiracies
  2. sororities
  3. folds
  4. rings
  5. cabals
  6. bands
  7. gangs
Noun
  • The red card was rescinded; the team was unmoored; conspiracies grew overnight, like mushrooms; and a merciless Belgium swept in and trampled, 4–1, on what remained.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • When Argentina played Egypt in the round of 16, the conspiracies exploded.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of conspiracies
Noun
  • While fraternities and sororities often have their own chapter gatherings and organizational conferences, the picnic creates a space where members from different organizations can come together in a more informal setting.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • Members of five historically Black fraternities and sororities will be able to request Michigan license plates featuring their organization's logo.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Definition of sororities
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  • This can be done with one, two, or three folds of fabric in each pleat.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
  • The style also has a bottom compartment with eight elastic folds, ideal for makeup brushes and travel-sized perfume.
    — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • The same rings true for emerging indie artists, Andersen says.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026
  • The winner of the World Cup will hoist a trophy, receive championship rings for the first time and gain a lifetime of glory in what will be a defining moment in the country’s sports history.
    — Luis Andres Henao, Fortune, 19 July 2026
Definition of rings
Noun
  • Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Shadow Ticket, set in 1932 Milwaukee, takes place in a landscape of industrial ghosts, strike-breakers, fascist sympathizers and absurdist cabals.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
  • With a story of secret cabals and a child born to rule, Dumont projects the nasty prejudices and bureaucratic rigors of local politics, the tangles of family allegiances, and the tender grunge of young lust into divine and diabolical clashes run from celestial and subterranean castles.
    — JUSTIN CHANG, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Definition of cabals
Noun
  • The influx of moisture and that storm system’s stalling front have already produced bands of rain in eastern Tennessee, southern Virginia and northern North Carolina.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • This collaboration, launched to coincide with the band’s new album Foreign Tongues, unites Technics with one of rock music’s most iconic bands.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of bands
Noun
  • Cartels, smaller mafias and street gangs hold sway in town halls and state governments around the country and have deepened their role in the economy.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Prosecutors argued the three women were killed in the crossfire of rival gangs’ gun battle in the middle of the bustling intersection as nightclubs closed early on April 3.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of gangs
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