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Stern and officious, the admiral scowled down at each Incorrigible.

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There is plenty of the sort of officious nit-picking beloved of sports authorities.

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From the moody and officious to the joker and the Buddhist, every canine companion I have worked with brought a distinct character to our partnership.

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Lydia: As Michelle hinted at, the Democrats have become the party of officious technocracy, which makes so many things they propose sound, well, ridiculous.

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The case, however, made Comstock’s name synonymous with “prudery, Puritanism and officious meddling,” according to Broun and Leech.

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