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kingpins of the movie industry
a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade
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Who was the most notorious drug kingpin of all time?
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Sam Kelly, Time, 8 July 2025
But her boss rejects her resignation, and offers her a new assignment: find Xavier, the mysterious kingpin whose power reaches all the way to the Oval Office.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 July 2025
Police and prosecutors alleged that Reginald Dillard and Eddie Fredrick, two drug dealers from Michigan, carried out the murder under orders from a local kingpin who wanted Thomas dead for working with the police.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
More to Read 17 members of a cartel kingpin’s family were escorted into California from Mexico.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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Sam Kelly, Time, 8 July 2025
But her boss rejects her resignation, and offers her a new assignment: find Xavier, the mysterious kingpin whose power reaches all the way to the Oval Office.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 July 2025
Police and prosecutors alleged that Reginald Dillard and Eddie Fredrick, two drug dealers from Michigan, carried out the murder under orders from a local kingpin who wanted Thomas dead for working with the police.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
More to Read 17 members of a cartel kingpin’s family were escorted into California from Mexico.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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“Kingpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kingpin. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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