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company man

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Recent Examples of company man With that in mind, and a lack of serious options at the moment, the decisions to appoint two company men, Rosenior and Fletcher — albeit in different circumstances — is more understandable than in previous years. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026 This is the language of a company man, not a freethinker. — Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025 The 58-year-old Bergman is a company man, having joined back in 1996, and is regarded as sharp and skilled at overseeing a portfolio that includes Marvel, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation and Lucasfilm. — Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025 When asked by Robinson about the Heat's team-building intentions during the offseason, Adebayo was a company man, keeping word mum. — Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for company man

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Infected people experience symptoms from two days to two weeks after consuming food or drinking water containing the parasite.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Tolbert warns that food storage containers with lids should be cleaned regularly to prevent contamination from dust mites and other parasites, especially before refilling.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

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The following foods should be washed and scrubbed thoroughly with a brush or sponge.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Available in 15 colors, the formula contains antioxidant vitamin C to prevent free radical damage, and features a convenient sponge applicator for smooth, precise application.

— Tanya Sharma, InStyle, 4 July 2026

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However, Pratt, who has signed up for a reality series following his campaign, also has attracted MAGA support from the likes of James Woods, ex-Kennedy Center chief and apparatchik Richard Grenell and Brian Glazer, which doesn’t exactly help his claims.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 May 2026
Jared Harris is superb as Soviet nuclear scientist Valery Legasov, who helps convince apparatchik Boris Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgard) that the situation is sufficiently grave that it can’t be covered up.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 14 May 2026

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The first, Jim O’Neill, is a biotech entrepreneur who lacks a degree in medicine or public health and was widely seen as a yes-man for Kennedy.

— Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
During the rollout of ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model in 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed with X users that the chatbot had a problem with being a yes-man.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026

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