high-handed
Example Sentences
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Triggering the administration’s nuclear response on Friday was Anthropic’s high-handed refusal to give the Defense Department carte blanche to use its technology as it sees fit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
But that relationship will always be hostage to events; either a flare-up in the South China Sea, or any other act by China seen as high-handed by the Vietnamese.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023
In countering misinformation, FDA also risks coming off as high-handed.
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2023
Khrushchev was ousted in 1964 following a plot by fellow Communist Party leaders who accused him of rude, erratic and high-handed behaviour, policy failures and going against the teaching of Lenin.
From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2022
No matter how high-handed he sounds giving advice or how much he bothers me, I would be a fool not to listen.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
