high-muck-a-muck

variants or high-muckety-muck

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Noun
  • Others are the heaviest of the heavy: a college student rendered brain-dead by a fentanyl overdose, a little girl who fatally drowns while saving her sister who fell into their swimming pool.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025
  • Class struggle is reflected in the way that the back-alley heavy, Atticus Hawk, dismisses the ivory-tower eccentricity of the occult specialist Scholar Vitali.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • And in Miami, Bam Adebayo continues to thrive as a hybrid big who can score, pass, and switch.
    Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • While there’s a deep well of high-end guard prospects, the bigs have a smaller list and could produce Maluach and Queen as the lone lottery picks.
    Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Arena said Bass, who sent the lion’s share of those emails, never represented himself as the city’s lobbyist in front of him.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • With a plethora of game—including lions, leopards, cheetahs, rhinos, giraffes and zebras—the country delivers a blend of adventure and jaw-dropping beauty.
    Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The lights dim, and a hush falls over the crowd, as the last nawab of Oudh strides onto the stage at Palo Alto’s Cubberley Theater.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The lights dim, and a hush falls over the crowd, as the last nawab of Oudh strides onto the stage at Palo Alto’s Cubberley Theater.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
  • Now the wheel has turned and Ada is up on top, and Agnes is a very formidable critic.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Fought from 1701 to 1714, the conflict centered on who would inherit the Spanish throne after the Habsburg king Charles II died without an heir.
    Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
  • The Oklahoma City Thunder are the new kings of the NBA.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
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