How to Use cartel in a Sentence

cartel

noun
  • There is no cartel for the wind.
    — John Kerry, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The drug cartels don't mess with them or their homes.
    — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026
  • What impact will his death have on the cartel?
    — Angélica Durán-Martínez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The cartel members drove them from place to place around the city.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Most of the old cartels have splintered.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The cartels kept to themselves.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Two died when caught in the crossfire of rival drug cartel groups.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The cartel had cut his throat and dismembered him.
    — Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Both times the same thing happened next—a new cartel emerged, and a new man came out on top.
    — Abigail R. Hall, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Ferrer fears he could be kidnapped by cartels along the way, again.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • With each load seized, the cartel would take another bite off its own tail.
    — Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes what the cartel needs most is a guy who’s a whiz with a spreadsheet.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • What happens if the cartels fight back on US soil?
    — Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Not to mention, there are no drugs, no guns, there are no cartels, there are no zombies.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Both the cartels and the government have a stake in how water is used.
    — Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2024
  • And that's a scary place to be with Carter's love woes and the cartel coming to town.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Then he gets offered a job that will take him deep into the belly of a drug cartel.
    — Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Most who did asked not to be named, citing the volatility of the cartel.
    — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The cartel is dead; gems for everyone.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The cartels rake in billions of dollars every year from the trade.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • But fentanyl is so easy and cheap to make that when cops capture a big batch, cartels just churn out more.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 20 June 2024
  • Leaders of the group have always denied any links to the cartel.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Looking like a cartel is trying to send a message.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The cartel’s men received the truck and drove it back to their secret warehouse.
    — Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But narcotics are far from the cartel’s only source of revenue.
    — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2021
  • We're derailed from this track when the priest slides into the cartel warehouse.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The cartel was depending on me.
    — Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • No cartel can embargo the wind.
    — Jennifer Granholm, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Shops and cars were set ablaze, allegedly by cartel members.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That’d be good news for consumers, but bad news for some of the cartel’s largest producers.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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