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Recent Examples of enforcer
Washington is acting as a facilitator, not an enforcer.
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
While hardly an enforcer, with just one flagrant foul and no technical fouls over these first two NBA seasons, the toughness continues to win over the locker room.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
Gulls forward and team enforcer Travis Howe briefly threw a charge into the home crowd by initiating a third-period scrap with Jacob Mellanson directly in front of the visiting bench.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
As Clay’s primary enforcer and the club’s sergeant-at-arms, ex-Marine Tig finds himself at the heart of countless thorny confrontations, pulled in opposing directions by his allegiance to Clay and Jax’s official authority.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
While hardly an enforcer, with just one flagrant foul and no technical fouls over these first two NBA seasons, the toughness continues to win over the locker room.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
Gulls forward and team enforcer Travis Howe briefly threw a charge into the home crowd by initiating a third-period scrap with Jacob Mellanson directly in front of the visiting bench.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
As Clay’s primary enforcer and the club’s sergeant-at-arms, ex-Marine Tig finds himself at the heart of countless thorny confrontations, pulled in opposing directions by his allegiance to Clay and Jax’s official authority.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcer
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Mitevska also refuses to sanctify Mother Teresa more than necessary, instead portraying her as a strict disciplinarian who believed in organizational practicality as much as in the inherent holiness of children.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
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Considering his managers at Leeds included disciplinarians such as Wilkinson and George Graham, this was probably for the best.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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And Davis’s integrity puts him at odds with his longtime fence, Money (Nick Nolte, nice and growly as ever), who responds by enlisting the services of Ormon (Barry Keoghan), a platinum-blond thug on a motorcycle.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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The last major character is Ormon (Barry Keoghan), the thug hired by Nolte’s Money to terrorize his former protégé, and to make sure that any robbery ends with the money in the correct pocket (his).—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
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The behind-the-scenes footage of the series, some of it previously unaired, allows viewers to see Walsh’s full range — erudite professor, taskmaster, West Coast offense wizard and comic cut-up.—
Daniel Brown,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Guardiola was always a stern taskmaster with Sane, never overly praising him and often reeling back giddy reporters keen to hype the German star.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Directed and co-written by Alexandre Rockwell, the film follows an aspiring filmmaker (Steve Buscemi) who falls in with an irresistibly charming gangster (Seymour Cassel, who won Sundance’s first acting award) as his erstwhile producer.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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That history dates back to the days before Prohibition an the reign of notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Its focus soon shifted to ousting dictator Slobodan Milosevic, using mass demonstrations and a general strike across the provinces to make its point.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of Libyans gathered Friday to mourn Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late dictator, at his funeral in northwestern Libya.—
Yousef Murad,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Police officials at a news conference said the officers had collected personal and private information unlawfully and distributed it to organized crime figures, in some cases for bribes, and that mobsters then carried out shootings and other violent crimes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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The film’s vintage patina doesn’t detract from rising actor Will Price’s confident performance as an immature mobster who prefers bitcoin to stacks of Benjamins.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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When a tyrant falls, we may be tempted to imagine a final moment of tragic self-awareness—a personal reckoning, like Oedipus blinding himself, or Macbeth raging on the heath.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Ruling like a petty tyrant from the company’s headquarters in lower Manhattan, Coplan isn’t an easy boss to work with, according to new reporting by the Wall Street Journal.—
Joe Wilkins Published Feb 4,
Futurism,
4 Feb. 2026
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In September 2023, the group was charged with violation of the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act, commonly known as a RICO case.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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When Ferrara was starting out, private investment in low-budget films was spurred by tax loopholes, a way for doctors, dentists, and racketeers to get rid of extra cash that would otherwise wind up in Uncle Sam’s grubby mitts.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Enforcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforcer. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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