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work over

verb as in inculcate

verb as in indoctrinate

verb as in pressure

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His work over the years has spawned an industry that created thousands of well-paying jobs for people across the country, he said.

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No matter how much your husband is away or how much he prioritizes work over his family, she instructed the crowd, you can’t “make him feel guilty.”

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The same reason you could call this collaboration obvious is what makes it a concise thesis on the potency of Anderson’s work over the last 11 years.

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I just don’t want to be worked over, prodded into being charmed.

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The union also rejected an order by the Canadian government to enter binding arbitration and return to work over the weekend, accusing it of "caving to corporate pressure".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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