get tough with
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Chen, a former deputy L.A. mayor, has been demanding that insurance companies deliver what their clients paid for, and imploring state insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara to get tough with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2025
“So much of what we see now about the war in Vietnam is a function of the individual personalities and characters of people and their inability to just get tough with themselves.”
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025
Ms Rayner vowed to "get tough" with developers who tried to "wriggle out" of their social obligations.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
The campaign is part of a larger strategy to get tough with Starbucks as contract negotiations have stalled.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
Then things get tough with a visit to No. 5 Notre Dame.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
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