order around

Example Sentences

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Residents also reported receiving an email alert for the shelter-in-place order around 12:35 a.m. from the city’s Emergency Management Department.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

But the ability to order around AI agents with plain language makes it possible for even the technically non-proficient to do mischief.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Amid dissatisfaction with the prevailing world order, around 40 nations have expressed interest in joining the group, to make it a champion of the "Global South".

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2023

As well as safeguarding the investigation and ensuring the suspects' presence at any future trial, the detention was justified by the need to manage social tensions and public order around this case, it said.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2023

I realize that Jairo is the first person I've seen talk to Pattie who she hasn't tried to order around.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan