bosses

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Hardly a week passes now without Beijing’s disciplinary apparatus claiming another senior official—military commanders, civilian bureaucrats, retired provincial party bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Police bosses admitted not arresting Calocane had been a "serious and systemic and operational failure".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“This is basically a worst-case scenario,” the inspector reported back to her bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

On the one hand, there were Pratt supporters who thought their ideas would get them in trouble with friends or bosses.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

But what Theo hasn’t told him yet is that although his bosses don’t agree to a raise, they don’t fire him, either.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman