as in to order
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around
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At their arraignment late Wednesday, a Brooklyn Criminal Court judge ordered the couple put on supervised release without bail.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2025 -
The judge ordered the parties to confer on a briefing schedule.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Education Department Memo To Student Loan Servicers The Education Department has instructed student loan servicers to stop accepting and processing all student loan forgiveness applications for three months, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Do begin monthly fertilizer applications or use a slow-release fertilizer as instructed on the product label.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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Alex Pereira has heard what Magomed Ankalaev and his team have been saying ahead of their light heavyweight title clash at UFC 313 and has told his opposite number to put his money where his mouth is.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Fresh plan to stop the fighting During the meeting, France and Britain proposed an alternative peace deal for Ukraine that would involve a month-long limited ceasefire, French President Emmanuel Macron told Le Figaro newspaper.—
Helen Regan,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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Edwards signed a two-year deal with the Chargers last offseason and was due to command $4.25 million of the salary cap.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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The way their needs stack up, they may be tempted to spend free-agency dollars, premium draft capital or both on positions that typically do not command such resources.—
Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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School board member Roberto Alonso also spoke at the February meeting and aligned himself with Gallon, asking the school district to provide a memo related to how BusPatrol revenue is being spent.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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That move set off a heated week between the prosecutors in the case and the Department of Justice — with several Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office lawyers resigning from their posts after being asked to put their weight behind a formal request to dismiss the case.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Boss (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boss%20%28around%29. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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