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Companies that didn’t mandate COVID-19 vaccines still proved to be tough on employees who decided against receiving the injection.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
The hopeful campaigned promising to be tough on crime and to improve security in the country.
—Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
That’s despite a fall in crime rates and is driven in part by the fact that longer sentences are being handed out amid pressure to be tough on crime.
—Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Marshall’s law enforcement background followed by corrections points to someone who is going to be tough on crime.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
The hopeful campaigned promising to be tough on crime and to improve security in the country.
—Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
That’s despite a fall in crime rates and is driven in part by the fact that longer sentences are being handed out amid pressure to be tough on crime.
—Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Marshall’s law enforcement background followed by corrections points to someone who is going to be tough on crime.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Be tough on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20tough%20on. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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