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“Our agency officials, the high-ups — they had no clue.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2025

However, Vance has already charged the firm with running a 15-year tax evasion scheme for certain high-ups, namely former executive Allen H. Weisselberg, who failed to report $1.7 million worth of company perks.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2021

In short, the high-ups wanted to take a look at weird shit.

From The New Yorker Nov. 15, 2019

Why are Facebook high-ups already talking about Libra extending into credit?

From The Guardian Jun. 24, 2019

They was after senators and high-ups like that.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration