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After running Google DeepMind, he recently took on the job of Google parent Alphabet’s chief scientist and DeepMind’s chair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Metro officials, who broke ground on the project with Metro chair and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday, didn’t have an immediate response to questions about why the project had been delayed so long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt - a Fifa vice-president - said afterwards that "if he doesn't answer those questions, he's not fit to be Fifa president".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Jerod Weiman, Grinnell’s chair of computer science, told MarketWatch he is sympathetic about the career anxieties that students in his department are currently feeling.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Ms. Emerson gestures to a chair facing her desk.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Dimon temporarily chairs the Alliance for Critical Infrastructure, a coalition of about 50 companies that vets open-source code and strengthens security across a range of sectors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Mehran Sahami, who chairs the computer-science department at Stanford University, told MarketWatch that enrollment in the major declined roughly 10% last year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Passengers float around in automated chairs, surrounded by screens, food and entertainment.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
In footage analysed by the BBC, it is clear that objects, including plastic chairs, are thrown, but we have no evidence that they included stones.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
There was a green lawn right next to the library called Bryant Park, where people were spread across the grass, or clustered around metal tables and chairs.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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One of Delrahim’s first moves was to tap Jon Leibowitz, who chaired the Federal Trade Commission under President Barack Obama, as an outside antitrust adviser.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
He chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump's first term, where he largely took a pro-business stance but brought enforcement cases against the nascent crypto industry.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Haass chaired all-party talks in Northern Ireland in 2013 aimed at resolving contentious issues, including parades.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Etihad is owned by sovereign wealth fund L'Imad which is chaired by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the son of the UAE president.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Grabarek’s mayoral rival, Watts Carr, Jr., chaired the eleven-man body, which included two blacks.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Fox’s own Washington bureau chief, Bryan Boughton, who happened to be chairing the pool this week, sent the note announcing the shutdown.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Besides chairing the Senate’s Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, Allen also is running in November’s election to be the state’s next insurance commissioner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"We are preparing in advance, not waiting for a crisis," said Chouhan, after chairing a meeting on the issue last week.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
As host, Macron was officially chairing the summit but Trump left no doubt over who he believed was in charge.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
In the days leading up to the charrette, Durham’s two white newspapers also featured several in-depth stories about the event, many of them focusing on the odd couple chairing it.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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