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Recent Examples of enforcer
Former Bruins enforcer Lyndon Byers, who died in 2025 at the age of 61, suffered from stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
Robinson is New York’s rim protector and glass-cleaner, a vertical spacing threat and emotional enforcer all-in-one.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Sacha Boisvert has a chance to be the Hawks’ future enforcer.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
The enforcer handcuffed me and shoved me into the same car, again forcing my head between my knees.
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
Robinson is New York’s rim protector and glass-cleaner, a vertical spacing threat and emotional enforcer all-in-one.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Sacha Boisvert has a chance to be the Hawks’ future enforcer.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
The enforcer handcuffed me and shoved me into the same car, again forcing my head between my knees.
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcer
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You are asked to be teachers, counselors, social workers, disciplinarians, mentors, advocates, crisis managers and emotional anchors for children navigating an increasingly complicated world.
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Early in the film, as Joe was assembling the Jackson 5 with Michael and his brothers, Joe is depicted as a harsh disciplinarian who brutally beats young Michael with a belt.
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Ditto Hugh Jackman’s unerring performance — perhaps his finest dramatic work yet — as a savage, unfeeling thug and unrepentant murderer and thief.
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The actions of these thugs, who should be imprisoned for a long while, is the cause of denying real Knicks fans the chance to watch the game communally.
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She is thrown into isolation before getting the opportunity to once again assimilate, Marc is a genuine taskmaster, but a dedicated defender publicly and to the cops about the legitimacy of his operation and its residents.
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Embree was never an in-your-face taskmaster.
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The 16 reputed gangsters or aspiring gangsters charged in the indictment range in age from 19 to 24.
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That’s not to say that there aren’t some similarities between the Gotham City gangster in The Penguin and Los Angeles private investigator of Sugar.
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And following the ousting of longtime dictator Bashir Al-Assad, Syria continues to have armed conflict and sectarian violence.
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The most dangerous weapon for a democracy to put in control of an aspiring dictator is not necessarily the police or the military.
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In Breaking Bear, a family of furry forest dwellers use everything in their power — including high explosives and drug money — to fight the frackers, mobsters, and a monstrous wolf pack threatening to destroy their home.
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One of the trailers has some shots of Vanessa Williams posing as a dead body, much like the mobster and his wife at the start of the movie.
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These were the grounds of revolution in 1776 and what colonists held to be the markings of a tyrant.
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Aegon, dragged out of King’s Landing by spymaster Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in an effort to save him from the fratricidal Aemond, gets an up-close look at the petty tyrants who have sprouted up in the countryside thanks to his impetuous rule.
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Ferro pleaded guilty in October 2025 to conspiracy to participate in a racketeer influenced and corrupt organization.
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The characters were based on a real family of bookmakers and racketeers who once lived in England.
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“Enforcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforcer. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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