as in instructed
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around
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Seconds later, the controller instructed the vehicle to stop, but the warning came too late as the aircraft touched down and continued down the runway.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026 -
The March 22 crash killed two pilots and sent 40 others to the hospital after an air traffic controller cleared a fire truck to cross a runway where the Air Canada plane was already instructed to land.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
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The feds last week ordered airlines to cut hundreds of flights per day at O’Hare between mid-May and late October this year, with flights allocated based on airlines’ schedules last summer.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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The unanimous procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740 million to clean up damage to the state’s coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The caller told dispatch her 20-year-old son was inside the home and threatening to harm himself.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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Banks and Fahy are sensational, and both get to smoke even after they’ve been told not to because the smell might infest the chintz drapes in the breakfast room.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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Lovell, a longtime resident of Chicago's northern suburbs, commanded the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Dwight Eisenhower commanded our troops in World War II.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Bossed (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bossed%20%28around%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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