as in to order
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around
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Russia's aviation authorities ordered temporary flight restrictions at three of Moscow's international airports -- Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026 -
The teen suspect then ordered the driver out of the vehicle while continuing to try to stab the driver.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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For example, the company said that users can instruct Manus to organize thousands of internal images on their hard drive.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Users were instructed to upload their document to the system.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Since childhood, letter writer was told to show up for older siblings who never reciprocated.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
16 Mar. 2026
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One of Ghazali's neighbors told The Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network, that the assailant's brother was killed in an airstrike.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Portland carried a commanding 65-41 lead into halftime with Henderson, Toumani Camara, Donovan Clingan and Kris Murray all already in double figures.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
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That piece, more of a solo musical, was able to command the bigger stage.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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El Concilio — the group that led the effort to rename First Street for Cesar Chavez in 1993 — voted to pursue reversing that change, asking City Council to restore the street’s original name.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Hadi’s phone was deluged with requests from people who had fled Tehran or from friends based abroad, asking him to help out their relatives.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Boss (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boss%20%28around%29. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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