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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straw bosses
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Mission managers said earlier the isolated manifold is not needed for the crew's return to Earth.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026 -
The court in March allowed Range’s unfair competition claim to proceed while dismissing its tortious interference claim, which accused CAA of undermining the firm’s potential recruitment of agency employees who wish to become managers by threatening to cancel the equity of defecting workers.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
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The lawsuit — which alleges police violated the men’s civil rights, used excessive force and intentionally inflicted emotional stress — says that nearby supervisors failed to intervene.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The open question—and the one that will shape whether the megamanager era is remembered as a productivity breakthrough or a management crisis—is whether the supervisors still standing can pull off the same trick.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The bankruptcy court has approved $10 million to pursue legal claims against former Prospect principals, with Leonard Green and Prospect’s former top executives, Lee and Topper, as the big targets.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Administrators and principals represented by Associated Administrators of Los Angeles/Teamsters Local 2010 are also negotiating with the district.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Both of the city’s school districts will also have new superintendents starting next school year.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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The superintendents of both the Fridley district, in suburban Minneapolis, and the Duluth district, in northern Minnesota, were in the courtroom for the arguments.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In other words, Doomsayers see a world of declining resources that needs overseers to divvy them up.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
20 Mar. 2026
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While the model still lacks the judgment or taste of its human overseers, executives don’t expect that gap to last long.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
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In response to that criticism, California leaders last year created a carve out that exempts certain projects in urban areas from needing a CEQA review to move forward.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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More than a half-dozen potential candidates are speaking here to make inroads among Black leaders, one of Democrats' most powerful voting blocs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Xi was trusted to hear his superiors discuss such state secrets.—
Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026
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Motions to dismiss charges in the case paint some of the officers as rookies deferring to their superiors.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Bogey’s Image, ridden by Teddy Davies, appeared to win, only for a lengthy stewards’ inquiry to delay the result as spectators waited along the rails.—
Michael Howes,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2026
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In 2023, Tara Cody and Taylor Doehrman became the new stewards, continuing Robbins' legacy and planning new sustainability and education initiatives.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Straw bosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20bosses. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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