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Noun
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God Bless you boss man, the Irsay family and all of Colts Nation.—
Lindsey Erdody,
Axios,
21 May 2025 -
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
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Warren establishes a Kempo Goju dojo in Kosovo Outside Kempo Goju, Warren served as a Wisconsin state trooper, and in 2000, his supervisors offered him an opportunity to travel to Europe to train police in Štrpce, Kosovo.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Complaints the authority doesn't investigate are referred to Cincinnati police, which may conduct a formal internal affairs investigation or assign the complaint to a supervisor, according to a city website.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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Over the course of her career, Karen Powers worked in the offices of three State Farm agents as a kind of office manager with, eventually, duties of selling insurance herself.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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The restaurant’s general manager, Saskia Baden, likens it to a Mediterranean bento box.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Jason Kuhlman, the principal, said the school delivers food to 140 families a week.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Classroom materials related to protests may not be distributed unless approved by the principal as part of a curricular activity.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Feb. 2026
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The school’s superintendent, Ken Floyd, said the shooter had been identified, but the identity would not be released at this time, reported the Associated Press.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Feb. 2026
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The new superintendent will face challenges including new graduation requirements and budget constraints.—
Carley Lanich,
IndyStar,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Otherwise, Claude might conceal its secrets where its overseers would never think to look.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Robertson-Dworet says of the former executive assistant of Vault-Tec and overseer of Vault 33, played by Kyle MacLachlan.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Around this time, a young Israeli national-security official reached the same conclusion and began urging his superiors to organize an internal coup against Assad.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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But when Commissioner Marty Makary presented that list for sign-off to the Health and Human Services Department, which oversees the FDA, and to the White House in October, his superiors shot it down, the people said.—
Elaine Chen,
STAT,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Your ability to charm bosses and VIPs will be excellent.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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Her mother lost her job because her boss is uncomfortable employing someone with an ankle monitor.—
Mica Rosenberg,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Straw boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20boss. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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