straw boss

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straw boss
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
  • Two minutes later, McDougall returned to the screening area and targeted a TSA supervisor, swinging wildly.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
  • Police then asked to speak to their supervisor and executed a search warrant with the SWAT and K-9 teams.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • New Brazil national team manager Carlo Ancelotti can see his side confirm its spot at the FIFA 2026 World Cup this week.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Spoelstra was voted the best head coach in the NBA (69 percent of vote), best manager/motivator of people (37 percent) and the head coach with the best defensive schemes (23 percent) in the last survey of general managers ahead of the 2024-25 season.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district announced that Wilson was hired to be the next principal at Boswell High School after the current principal, Vaughn Flagler, was hired as assistant superintendent for human resources in the Anna school district.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
  • He was charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of malfeasance in office and is being held on $1.1 million bond.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district announced that Wilson was hired to be the next principal at Boswell High School after the current principal, Vaughn Flagler, was hired as assistant superintendent for human resources in the Anna school district.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
  • While working as the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office’s assistant deputy superintendent of jail operations, Brady ordered two sheriff’s office maintenance workers to do a variety of jobs at his home, prosecutors said.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • The company has also pledged to work transparently with an independent overseer appointed by the court to evaluate the deal’s effects on consumer privacy, with a report due to the bankruptcy court in June.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • After all, the filmmaker is Portuguese and there’s a brutal history between his native country and Mozambique, a colony of Portugal until 1975, a country whose official language remains that of its former imperial overseers.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The chilling exchange was part of a series of radio transmissions between Russian forces that Ukrainian officials say provide further evidence that Russian superiors are ordering soldiers to execute surrendering Ukrainian troops in violation of international law.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
  • Wandel wants her audience to weigh the philosophical aspects of the situation, revealing the behind-the-scenes power struggles and split-second decisions that complicate Lucy and her superiors’ ability to spare Adam.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The violence all allegedly stemmed from a workplace grudge triggered by a $100 equipment bill from his boss for damage to heavy construction equipment, authorities said.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
  • Gavi has no doubts about Luis Enrique’s standing in the game, and is also eternally grateful to his former national team boss.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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“Straw boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20boss. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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