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chief

[cheef] / tʃif /




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Anthropic’s IPO filing “got people excited again,” said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, in a phone interview.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

An EU spokeswoman said the bloc was "ready to help Spain if needed", while European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said "Europe mourns" with the victims after the "devastating news".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Heineken’s new chief executive officer said the brewer has “more to do” to capture growth, despite sales rising on growing demand for premium and low-alcohol beer, especially in Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

“If you have an industrial oven in your business that goes out, you really can’t spend months passing paperwork back and forth,” said Stewart, chief executive of the Innovative Lending Platform Assn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Marina had appointed Militsa Kazarinova as her chief of staff.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Hegseth, speaking before a meeting with defence chiefs from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cebu, praised what he called the region's "pragmatism" and "proud nationalism".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Its heads, Katz and David Fenkel, keep remarkably low profiles for studio chiefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

At the summit on Friday, Zelensky said he would hold talks with the chiefs of the European Council and European Commission, and the prime ministers of Hungary, Finland, and Sweden.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I’ve had multiple phone calls from harbor masters and fire chiefs in Southern California over the past week, saying, ‘Why is the harbor flooding?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The nonproducers mobilizing them included chiefs, priests, bureaucrats, and warriors.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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