lord it over
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We're used to seeing her sort of lord it over her environment.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2022
First, inherited from “Toy Story 2,” is the notion of toys becoming vintage items, and second is the discomforting presence of über-toys, who lord it over the meeker types and forbid them basic liberties.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 21, 2019
Mississippians lord it over their Bama cousins because “Absalom, Absalom!” put William Faulkner on a lonely pinnacle no other Southern writer can scale.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2018
“He didn’t lord it over her but sat with her,” she says.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2017
Van Rensburg was not a clever fellow, and while he would lord it over us at the quarry, we could outwit him in court.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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