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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At least 1,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, trained to land in hostile territory to secure key positions and airfields, have been ordered to the Middle East.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026 -
Denise was ordered to go into the same closet.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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That sense of normalcy largely held until Wednesday evening, when emergency alerts began chiming on phones across Riyadh, warning residents of an aerial threat and instructing them to remain indoors and away from windows.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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National security concerns were listed as another cause for rejection, with USDA research service employees instructed to ask if a foreigner could use the research against American farmers.—
Lisa Song,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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One of them told Felder that the precinct had received a complaint about a trespasser at the synagogue.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota victim wants accountability After she was injured, Stotko told the city council in her community of Hastings, Minnesota, about her crash to push for a stricter ordinance.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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When a lift is detected, the controller commands the suit’s actuators to apply supporting force.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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By 1929, his agency commanded $4,000 (more than $70,000 in today’s dollars) from The Saturday Evening Post for a single short story by Fitzgerald.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Police said no additional information is available and asked the public to respect the reporting party's privacy.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Investigators asked anyone with information relevant to this investigation to call the Police Department’s Investigation Bureau at 916-478-8060.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
27 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 31 Mar. 2026.
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