the boss
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At the least, those responses seem more likely than if the boss were tossing around vagaries on a podcast.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
“But he still took an oath and he still has to wake up every day and be the boss of a quarter million or so unionized workers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“He got to be the boss in this band and steer the ship and do whatever he wanted,” says Hodgden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Luckily it was a Sunday, otherwise the load would have already ended up in landfill," the boss told Italian broadcaster TGCOM24.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I’m takin’ ’m up for the boss to ’Frisco.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
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