company man
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Instead, he seemed a good, flustered company man anxiously determined to be normal—like Dick Van Dyke, perhaps, or Bob Newhart—while remaining very funny indeed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Park says he started developing the project as an American film about 20 years ago, so he didn’t think of casting Lee as the middle-age company man at its center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
With so much time spent clawing at his imagined future, Man-su loses sight of the company man title from his past.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
He's described as a "company man - an institutional champion who's privately embraced the draconian tactics of an antiquated and often vicious institution".
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023
“Dubonnet’s a union rabble-rouser. I don’t want you talking to him anymore. I’m a company man, and that makes you a company boy, understand?”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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