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Noun
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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
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Four supervisors and 36 staff members were working at the time of the escape, the sheriff’s office said.—
Rafael Romo,
CNN Money,
18 May 2025
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Continuity — Usually handled by the script supervisor or coordinator or an assistant director, this has to do with making sure each shot maintains consistency across set-ups, whether that’s the placement of a glass or a piece of hair skewing to the left or right of a performer’s face.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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Similarly, David Taffner, a 56-year-old manager in pharmaceuticals from Michigan, reflects on his own learning experience from his mother, Dorothy Taffner, who loved crossword puzzles and would solve them with his dad.—
Maquita Peters,
NPR,
11 May 2025
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So, how do the Premier League’s other managers react in these scenarios?—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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Italy expects a lot from the red team, and the replacement of Mattia Binotto with Frédéric Vasseur as team principal was supposed to result in Maranello challenging for championships.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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A good number of Brooklyn’s neighborhoods boast those traits, says Timothy Quinlan, principal of Quinlan Development Group.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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While these initiatives are fairly new, the issue they’re meant to address has been around since the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s organization of regional superintendents has previously said.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Members of the coalition include a range of groups, including teachers, superintendents, school counselors, career-tech leaders, business groups and state agencies.—
Jim Cowen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Where Chelsea’s domestic overseers have been largely acquiescent to their accounting ingenuity, the same can’t be said abroad.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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While trying to protect another enslaved person from being punished, she was struck in the head by a heavy metal weight thrown by an overseer.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Francis and Pope Benedict XVI took steps to end decades of abuse and cover-ups, changing church laws to punish abusers and their clerical superiors who hid their wrongdoing.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
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Eli is working the crime scene’s perimeter; Elliot storms over and asks him about talking about Isabella with his superiors.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
1 May 2025
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But such are the levels of distrust within the game at the moment, when Kogan’s name was first reported as the likely boss of the regulator, some EFL clubs panicked and thought the Premier League had somehow managed to get one of its own in the key role.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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The concept made a limited impact with the team because his boss didn’t believe in its usefulness.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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“Straw boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20boss. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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