A serving Senator from one of the southwest states said Ngelale’s position was not his personal opinion but that of the clique around the president.

Source: https://leadership.ng/concern-mounts-over-akpabios-utterance-on-senate-bonanza/

I have no trust in Starmer personally or the clique he represents.”

Source: https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/national/23818184.ken-loach-hits-starmer-questions-labours-antisemitism-stance/?ref=rss

Logos of the Banditos deputy clique, which operated at the sheriff’s East L.A. Station, according to a past Loyola Law School report.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/05/24/la-county-sheriffs-deputies-challenge-tattoo-gang-probe-orders/

“There is a clique of lawyers today on our streets that neither cares about the ethics of the bar nor give credence to professionalism.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/elections-action-alliance-threatens-to-protest-over-exclusion-of-its-candidates/

The worst lungu can do is stire up the clique of theives with false hope…………

Source: https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/03/15/president-hakainde-hichilema-should-swallow-his-pride-and-privately-engage-his-predecessor-edgar-lungu/

Through this, Hemedti and his clique managed to build international influence, and to enrich themselves massively in the process.

Source: https://www.socialistalternative.org/2023/04/23/sudan-counterrevolutionary-forces-fall-out/

You’re right that it runs the risk of creating a clique, but I think that risk is minimal.

Source: https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2023/5/4/23711095/philadelphia-eagles-mailbag-georgia-bulldogs-nfl-draft-picks-jalen-carter-nolan-smih