high-handed
Example Sentences
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The Ghanaian government, who labelled the decision "high-handed and extremely unfair", is seeking permission for Partey to enter Canada briefly to take part in Ghana's match.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
In a statement the posted on social media by the Foreign Minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana called Canada's decision "high-handed and extremely unfair", calling Partey, "a key member of Ghana's senior national team".
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
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
Britain did try that divorce once, in the mid-1600s, when parliamentary forces cut off the head of the high-handed King Charles I, and replaced him with a Commonwealth led by a politician-soldier named Oliver Cromwell.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
She wasn’t sure she liked Fabyan, whose high-handed ways reminded her of her father.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
