Pete

Idioms

Also, Peter. See for one's (Pete's) sake; honest to god (Pete); rob Peter to pay Paul.

Example Sentences

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to use the government’s leverage in a meeting with CEO Dario Amodei at the Pentagon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rubio was there with him on Saturday, the State Department confirmed, while Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and top military officer Dan Caine were reportedly also in attendence.

From Barron's

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that if Anthropic doesn’t agree, the Pentagon could label the company a “supply chain risk” and crush its government business, or move to use the Defense Production Act to commandeer Anthropic’s systems for its uses, whether Anthropic likes it or not.

From Slate

But that didn’t square with a Jan. 9 memo handed down by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that calls for AI labs to amend their defense contracts to allow “any lawful use” of their technology.

From MarketWatch

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has threatened Amodei with retaliation if the tech boss insists on limiting how Anthropic is used.

From BBC

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