taskmaster
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"He was a hard taskmaster because whenever I scored a hat-trick or a goal, my mother would say 'that's great, son'." His father, meanwhile, offered tough constructive criticism however many goals Ferguson had scored.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Plus, the taskmaster who has Team USA believing: ‘Why not us?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
At the FBI, he gained a reputation of being an exacting taskmaster and, despite his early Republican political alignment, someone who was appreciated by politicians of both political parties.
From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026
Wife Sharon played the taskmaster, keeping everything in line.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025
It was during this period that Ernest acquired the reputation of a relentless taskmaster in command of a growing brigade; the recurring term in personal reminiscences of the Rad Lab is “slave driver.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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