straw boss

Definition of straw bossnext

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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Hoping to lessen the impact on interim and permanent housing as much as possible, the supervisors slashed $27 million from outreach and navigation programs and cut by two-thirds the county program that moves people out of street encampments into shelters.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The alteration was discovered in a copy of the Book of the Dead (a tome filled with spells meant to aid the dead in their passage to the afterlife) that is believed to have been commissioned for a royal archive supervisor named Rambose.
    News Desk, Artforum, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Panama’s Jonathan Araúz exchanged shouts and pushes with manager José Mayorga when the pinch hitter returned to the dugout after grounding out leading off the ninth.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • It’s taken Santiago Espinal less than three weeks to make an impression on Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Padilla and Gosling were a teacher and principal in another sketch reading passed notes out loud that, according to text on screen, were swapped out since rehearsal, causing both to crack up uncontrollably.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • In order to create a spacious living room, the principals of A Place to Be used a storage unit to define the entry to this apartment, and closed the bedroom off with lush curtains.
    Giada Storelli, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On Friday the board voted 7 to 0 to put Carvalho on indefinite leave and named senior administrator Andres Chait acting superintendent.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The plan was first set in motion under Samuels, who served as superintendent of the local school district before he was elevated to chancellor in January.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Last year, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, overseer of Miami International Airport and two smaller airports in the county, entered into agreements with the University of Miami and Wisk Aero, developer of self-flying air taxis, to explore steps toward autonomous flying.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Inside the house, the head servant and seamstress sabotaged him to advance her own child; in the fields, overseers beat him for the slightest offense.
    Regina E. Mason, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Polymeropoulos described a case involving a serviceman who was treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and recommended for the Purple Heart by his superiors.
    Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But there’s this thing that his superior tells him about and that could be a major career move for him… a career maker.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Mexico’s ability to co-host the World Cup has been under scrutiny after a surge in violence last week in the state of Jalisco following the military’s killing of a powerful cartel boss.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Film festival chiefs from around the world have signed a joint statement in support of Berlin Film Festival boss Tricia Tuttle, whose future will be debated at a meeting of its governing body tomorrow in Berlin.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Straw boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20boss. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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