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"lord over" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a situation in which someone has authority or power over someone else. For example: "The old king lorded over his kingdom for many years before abdicating the throne."
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lord over
verb
To act as a lord or boss in relation to (someone or something).
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The performance enhancements do go a way toward lessening that feeling of sacrifice, while the Retina Display gives the MacBook another thing to lord over the Air.
Now he's got something to lord over them, too.
Do Israelis, in their majority, want to continue to lord over another people?
Edgar Hoover-type situation," with the F.B.I. presenting embarrassing information to lord over a president-elect.
Today, a dizzying array of armed groups lord over the farmlands of Nariño.
The Celtics and the Heat have packed their rosters with marquee players and lord over the conference.
It still can lord over Coachella and Outside Lands, too, with its themed Ben and Jerry's flavor, Bonnaroo Buzz.
In Egypt the king was the highest judge, the guarantor of all public order, the lord over life and death.
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This is accepting that you're not the super-lord over him.
After Lucasfilm fired Miller and Lord over "creative differences" and Ron Howard climbed into the director's chair, the shoot took a more methodical approach.
Three titans Blackstone, Carlyle Group and Texas Pacific Group lord over companies with 700,000 employees and $122 billion in sales.
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