elected

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Braga was just elected Scotland’s Player of the Year by his fellow players.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

On Tuesday, when ap Iorwerth was elected to lead Welsh government, his father told ITV that he felt "extremely proud and very glad to be alive" to see his son become first minister.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

She was Ecuador's ambassador to the UN in New York and then in Geneva, before being elected president of the UN General Assembly -- one of only five women to hold that role.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Those newly elected have two months from date of election to formally accept office.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

“And were you told that my great-grandfather was its governor? That he was elected in honor of the vast donation he made to the city?”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell