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Noun
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Trump’s persona as a boss man known for firing people on NBC’s The Apprentice captivated and horrified the nation.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
19 July 2024 -
To see an athlete renowned for his intelligence and poise make an obvious mental error late in a race is a reminder that even the boss man was once a noob.—
Martin Fritz Huber,
Outside Online,
30 Mar. 2023
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With that ban set to expire at the end of January, supervisors were forced to make a decision on the recurring problem.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025
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Supervisor Nate Miley questioned the efficacy of creating the new committee and its potential for overstepping supervisors and the county’s agencies.—
Chase Hunter,
The Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2025
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The agency fired its general manager, Adel Hagekhalil, over sexism allegations, despite protests from environmentalists who called the allegations a sham meant to subvert sustainable water policy, as my colleague Ian James reports.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2025
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According to Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison approached him with the idea of a potential trade, with the two meeting for coffee in Dallas.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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In Broward, the office of the superintendent released a memo to principals, similarly reminding them to seek proper authorization prior to releasing any student information and advising them to contact their legal team before taking any action.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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The principal accused him of disrupting his Middleborough Middle School and of demeaning LGBTQ students.—
Lauren Green,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
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This week, the state superintendent and a number of local school districts outlined new guidance preparing students, staff, and families for possible ICE encounters.—
Rebecca Pryor,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Jan. 2025
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Most Popular Hartford schools superintendent stepping down.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2025
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The story of a gay, Jewish record-store manager who stumbles upon the young Beatles at the Cavern Club and soon becomes their overseer, while battling his own insecurities and demons before dying of an accidental overdose at 32, was born to be a movie.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2025
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But to some on the plane, this felt like another example of Mayo going too far in the opposite direction of Belichick, the ultra-serious overseer of the Patriots for the previous 24 years.—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Agents had to get approval from their superiors before making arrests in these locations.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Now that Peter has proven himself, will his superiors trust him to fix this?—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2025
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One of the key details revealed in the emails, according to the reports, was from a Saints team spokesman who briefed his boss on a 2018 call with the city’s top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse.—
Mark Puleo,
The Athletic,
4 Feb. 2025
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My dad asked, through an interpreter, for a raise to $90, and that didn’t go over too well with his boss.—
Araceli Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Straw boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20boss. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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