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boss

[baws, bos] / bɔs, bɒs /


NOUN
game antagonist
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Portugal boss Jorge Jesus revealed Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes had been playing through pain while Sunderland's Dan Ballard and Brian Brobbey both sustained hamstring problems.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

After 10 months without a permanent boss, I have picked up a sense of drift.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

It’s hard to cause trouble for a boss who can simply write rabble-rousers out of the scripted action.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

They’d told the staff to stay home, so it was just him and his boss and their lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mother noticed that she called the boss by his first name, while Gilles always referred to him respectfully as Monsieur Sinclair.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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