boss man

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Recent Examples of boss man God Bless you boss man, the Irsay family and all of Colts Nation. Lindsey Erdody, Axios, 21 May 2025 In this corner: Frank Costello, the big boss man of organized crime who helped this thing of theirs go from regional to a national syndicate. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025 Theroux treasures every silly little turn his cocky boss man gets to take. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025 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 The boss man certainly has a soft spot for the graybeard – and Whitworth literally has a graying beard – who's been so exceptional over the years while protecting quarterbacks Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford, which is only a small part of what he's meant to the Rams. Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022 By now, the political capital has accepted Modi as the boss man. Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019 Charles Aranguiz is the man that Manuel has spoken out about, with the boss man confirming that his fellow countryman, who plays for Bayer Leverkusen, turned down the chance of a London Stadium reunion. SI.com, 24 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boss man
Noun
  • County waste managers and leaders hope proposals from emerging companies will help residents better understand how to sort waste properly and reduce landfill use.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, OpenAI founder Sam Altman, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were among the top tech leaders at the dinner.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dudek got the job, wittingly or not, through an end-run around his bosses.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Companies responded by jettisoning a few mean executives, changing their internal communications strategies, and retraining bosses to be nicer.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On a white-run construction site in West Africa, an edgy, tightly wound foreman anxiously awaits his bride.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Merging with Teck will almost certainly be the master stroke in removing it from any plans by BHP to return with a fresh offer for Anglo American.
    Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Moreover, Southern bakers have been perfecting this treat for generations, and our recipe masters the most classic version, staying largely the same since its first appearances in our annual Southern Living cookbooks as early as the 1960s and 1970s.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Casemiro knows the drill and plays a one-touch pass to find his captain, who sets up Hojlund.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • After being bitten, David Burrows applied a tourniquet to his son’s leg to stop the bleeding, and a commercial dive captain who stopped his boat to render aid, Richard Hayden, 33, applied a second tourniquet, according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office incident report.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And unlike Michelle King, the acting agency chief at the time, Dudek was willing to speed up the new-hire training process to give DOGE access to virtually all of the SSA’s databases.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • When the new editor-in-chief, Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson), stands on accountant Adelola Olofin’s (Gbemisola Ikumelo) desk to deliver an inspiring welcome message, eagle-eyed fans will recognize a Dunder Mifflin box sitting in front of Oscar’s desk.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Under-18s coach Marc Bridge-Wilkinson stepped down after a decade of service and joined League One outfit Huddersfield Town as assistant manager.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the struggles from Nola this season, Phillies manager Rob Thomson remains confident in his right-hander.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mid-summer changes to United’s revolving credit facility indicated a switch in strategy, and there was a more aggressive approach in the market following a summit in Iceland between Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Rice steps up for statewide commemoration Eric George, a deputy athletic director at Rice University, started a conversation about doing something to recognize the flood victims.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Boss man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boss%20man. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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