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Recent Examples of enforcer
The public, and law enforcers, often wrongfully think that cash bail is a form of punishment.
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Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
But the agency’s enforcers have wielded their biggest deterrent almost entirely against small perpetrators.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
This isn’t even the first time in the last few years that Neeson has played a grizzled enforcer who turns against his employer after being diagnosed with a severe neurodegenerative disease.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
In a new letter shared exclusively with The Verge, the lawmakers advance their previous calls for law enforcers to investigate these companies.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2024
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Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
But the agency’s enforcers have wielded their biggest deterrent almost entirely against small perpetrators.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
This isn’t even the first time in the last few years that Neeson has played a grizzled enforcer who turns against his employer after being diagnosed with a severe neurodegenerative disease.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
In a new letter shared exclusively with The Verge, the lawmakers advance their previous calls for law enforcers to investigate these companies.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2024
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Their father, Jack, was a strict disciplinarian and a heavy drinker, while their mother, Katherine, was a housewife with a history of depression, according to court documents.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The elder Corcoran was a strict disciplinarian and a heavy drinker, according to court documents.Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
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Long maintaining that the protesters are just thugs, Najmeh painfully removes the rounds from Sadaf’s bleeding wounds, her assumptions about the government she’s loyally obeyed falling away.Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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The society of Iverson’s youth rendered him an unredeemable thug and jailed him for it as a minor.Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Managers have a choice: remain taskmasters or become builders of talent.Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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When the Jets had bombastic and playful Rex Ryan as their coach, the Giants had stern taskmaster Tom Coughlin.Mike Sando, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Rolling with the sound of Slo-Be Bryant 3, one of the great West Coast tapes of the 2020s, Slo-Be’s steely, ominous murmurs give his sentimental gangster rap the air of sorcery.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
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However, as the volatile gangster, the caregiver and bumbling daddy’s boy begin to plot and scheme, things don’t exactly go according to plan.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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More specifically, in Europe the top three destinations for dictators are Russia, the UK and France!Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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When Assad’s reign ended on Sunday, the dictator fled to Moscow, where Russian President Vladimir Putin granted him asylum.Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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He’s most commonly associated with his role as OLTL mobster Carlo, which earned him a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 1992.Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024
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Moderator Grae Drake asked Reeves how far he was pushed to play the titular hitman who gets revenge on the Russian mobsters responsible for the death of his dog.Eric Andersson, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Middle East is a region of tyrants, from Iran to Saudi Arabia.John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Some tyrants just can’t resist meddling with the calendar.Jack Butler, National Review, 28 Nov. 2024
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Oh yeah, this relationship with this 38-year-old racketeer is so beautiful.Michael Cuby, Them, 1 Aug. 2024
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While President Herbert Hoover had waged a war against kidnappers and racketeers, Roosevelt amplified the effort dramatically, pushed it in new directions, and overcame the jurisdictional, racial, partisan, and class divisions that had previously obstructed the law-and-order state.Anthony Gregory / Made by History, TIME, 23 July 2024
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“Enforcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforcer. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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