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Recent Examples of enforcer
Antitrust enforcers have proposed far-reaching measures designed to quickly open the search market and give new competitors a leg up.
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Jody Godoy, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Biden’s enforcers continued those cases and filed a lawsuit against Apple, in addition to the Google ad-tech case.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Although Google did have one minor victory; the judge ruled that antitrust enforcers failed to show the company also had a monopoly in ad networks.
—Kevin Williams, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2025
But nobody embodied the transition from Islander to islander quite like the late Clark Gillies, the first-round pick from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1974 who succeeded Westfall as the team captain before emerging as both a skilled offensive player and a valuable enforcer during the dynasty era.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Jody Godoy, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Biden’s enforcers continued those cases and filed a lawsuit against Apple, in addition to the Google ad-tech case.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Although Google did have one minor victory; the judge ruled that antitrust enforcers failed to show the company also had a monopoly in ad networks.
—Kevin Williams, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2025
But nobody embodied the transition from Islander to islander quite like the late Clark Gillies, the first-round pick from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1974 who succeeded Westfall as the team captain before emerging as both a skilled offensive player and a valuable enforcer during the dynasty era.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcer
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Either way, Columbia could more easily identify the protesters, much to the advantage of disciplinarians looking to move fast.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2025
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Both were industrious strivers at work and strict disciplinarians at home.—
Danielle Amir Jackson,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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There’s no dearth of evil Imperial thugs in Andor — however, one character who seems to exist in a complicated moral gray is Lonni Jung (Robert Emms), a fellow ISB officer who attends Partagaz’s closed-door briefings alongside Dedra but relays the Empire’s plans to Luthen in secret.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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Speaking of the stand: The prosecution’s main witness changes her damning testimony against Gomez when one of his thugs — the same guy that was trying to get Noah to get in his car — arrives in court and glares menacingly from the back row.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
17 Apr. 2025
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May comes to a close with taskmaster Saturn entering your sign, for the first time since 1999.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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By April 7, however, Venus will meet with taskmaster Saturn in a sobering conjunction, urging you to take a realistic look at your relationships and connections.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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As is the norm in the ’90s, L.A. rapper Tone Loc is part of the cast as a gangster from around the way named Frog.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
9 May 2025
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In 1979, when Carmine Galante, the head of the Bonanno crime family, was killed, the photographer Hal Goldenberg hoofed it up onto a roof in Brooklyn to get a shot of the gangster’s cooling corpse.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Syrian rebels overthrew dictator Bashar al Assad in December.—
Tom Perry,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Libya has been embroiled in a political conflict since long-time dictator Moammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011, leading to the emergence of several armed groups.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
13 May 2025
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Chase, who created the award-winning show about a New Jersey mobster battling personal and professional issues, wasn't initially sold on Gandolfini in the lead role.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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However, eight to 10 times that number is way too high and will give mobsters, criminals, and terrorists a lot of leeway.—
Sanjeev Menon,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Soviet dictator, the Man of Steel, was the type of tyrant that Trump chillingly admires.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2025
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Roman became too much of a tyrant to continue working with, and Jimmy turned on him for fear of being overshadowed.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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In a police photograph, Lansky stood next to racketeer Charles (Lucky) Luciano.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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In the other corner: Vito Genovese, Costello’s childhood friend and fellow racketeer, who had to leave town long ago because of a thing, and has now come home to resume his place in the Mafia hierarchy.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Enforcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforcer. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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