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Recent Examples of honcho To solve the murder of Treasury Department honcho Raymond King (J.K. Simmons, getting out while the getting is good) our fabled, antisocial hero forges an uneasy allegiance of convenience with the dead man’s protégé, Marybeth (Cynthia Addai-Robinson). A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025 Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman joined a growing list of President Donald Trump's billionaire backers calling for the White House to slam the brakes on tariffs just hours before Trump authorized a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for most countries that went into effect Wednesday morning. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2025 Alleged phone calls made from jail by Young Thug have been leaked in recent days, as the YSL honcho faces snitching allegations stemming from a 2015 conversation with authorities surrounding a Lil Wayne tour bus shooting. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 Among them are Zee Aero, established by Google co-founder Larry Page, and Uber Elevate, brainchild of Uber honcho Travis Kalanick. IEEE Spectrum, 9 June 2017 See All Example Sentences for honcho
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Noun
  • Brighton & Hove Albion need big performances from their best players to continue an outstanding record against some of the Premier League heavyweights.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Those fears contrasted with strong results earlier in the week from Wall Street heavyweights like JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Bank of America.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Connors helped just about everyone who needed it, his friend PR boss George Regan said at the awards ceremony.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Your next movie night will be complete with this ’90s psychological thriller starring a vengeful nanny attempting to destroy a former boss’s life.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If the Rockets go big-heavy often, Reed Sheppard loses some shine.
    Stan Son, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The shift to bonds may indicate investors are rebalancing to keep their asset allocations from getting too stock-heavy, Austin said.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One of the most famous examples of a major business leader succeeding from failure was Apple’s visionary cofounder Steve Jobs.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The look emulated some of Queen Elizabeth’s outfits for her audiences with the leader of the Catholic Church.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Not only did San Diego State graduate its three regular bigs – Kim Villalobos, Adryana Quezada and Cali Clark – from the Mountain West Tournament champions, point guard and leading scorer Veronica Sheffey transferred through the portal to TCU.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • All five players will need to be involved, and that is where the bigs enter the conversation.
    Eric Nehm, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Umanzor Molina, 39, a construction foreman who worked on projects at Miami International Airport, was detained in a day care parking lot in Aventura, Florida.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • First responders were summoned to the scene, as Brockman’s foreman put on climbing gear, ascended the tree and assisted in lowering him to the ground.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Forest owner has been pondering his options That is not unusual — the Greek shipping magnate always likes to have a plan B in place.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Another potential Houstonian who has reportedly shown a desire to have an NHL team in Houston is Daniel Friedkin, a car magnate who last year purchased Everton of the English Premier League.
    Mac Engel October 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The aircraft did not indicate any signs of distress on approach, said Wesley Yung, the technical chief at Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The promo confirms that Burke’s battalion chief Vince died in the memory care building fire where he, along with his wife, Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father, retired battalion chief Walter Leone (Jeff Fahey), were trapped with the roof collapsing on them.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025

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