domineer
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He could dominate and domineer musicians in a recording studio, once upon a time, but he couldn’t charm 12 people on a 2007 jury into believing his story.
From Time • Mar. 21, 2013
It goes to the head like wine, and you find attempts made outside journalism to dictate, to domineer to blackmail.
From Time Magazine Archive
Accustomed as she was to domineer over the seemingly weak-willed man, there had been times, within her memory, when he had thrown off her rule and asserted himself to a degree that terrified her.
From Jessica, the Heiress by Raymond, Evelyn
Our outward act, indeed, admits restraint; ’Tis not in things o’er thought to domineer; Guard well thy thought; our thoughts are heard in heaven.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
This is a secret neat as that of the Sphinx: to "go softly" among events, yet domineer them.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
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