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I'd love to report that ITV1's new detective DCI Banks was fresh and surprising, but he was soon in his superior's office being shouted at for being a maverick.
Downton Abbey; Whites; DCI Banks; Inspector George Gently; Horizon Phil Hogan 2010
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Fed up with what he described as his superior's fondness for golf, he began training a paramilitary force for the opposition Red Shirts that the army branded as "terrorists" and opened a direct line of communication to ousted populist leader Thaksin Shinawatra, whom the army removed in a coup four years ago.
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Have you ever asked for any superior's birth certificate?
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(Having worked in the creative field, I'm all too familiar with the frustration of staying very late to cater to a superior's whim of inspiration.)
Janet Turley: Mad Men Season 4, Ep 7 -- The Courtship of Don and Peggy 2010
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Once he was safely behind his superior's back, he cast that man a threatening look, too.
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Inside their bureaucratic hierarchies, it was dangerous to speak out against a superior's stupidity.
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When you advised the assistant that she could not be discharged for reporting her superior's wrongdoing, you were almost certainly incorrect.
Ask Amy 2010
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Baxter felt the reprimand in his superior's stare and cleared his throat.
Out of the Valley Meredith Greene 2010
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Peggy's new secretary is worried about her young superior's smoking marijuana and all, which she finds quite scandalizing.
William Bradley: Mad Men: "My Old Kentucky Home" -- HuffPost Review 2009
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However, one last mission confronts him: an Indian uprising is brewing, and with a small team, Brittles must escort his superior's wife (Mildred Natwick) and niece (Joanne Dru) out of harm's way.
John Farr: Why John Wayne Still Ranks Among Today's Most Popular Stars 2009
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