oversee
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Opposition parties had questioned how Reform UK's Colin Sutton would be able to oversee Norfolk Police while also presenting a live true crime stage show across the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
At Versace, Vitale was also the first non-family member to oversee design, taking the reins from Donatella Versace -- sister of founder Gianni Versace -- in April 2025.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
While they do light cleaning, they typically draw the line at deep scrubbing, and they oversee not just the kids but all the details that keep a household running smoothly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Lululemon’s board formed a committee that included every director except Wilson to oversee competitive issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
He intends to oversee that project very carefully.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as and Customs and Border Protection, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Information Commissioner’s Office, which oversees data protection, said it was looking into the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
A durable power-of-attorney document oversees your financial and medical decisions if/when such issues arise.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Humans haven't seen temperatures as hot as today for, arguably, at least the last 100,000 years," Samantha Burgess from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, which oversees Copernicus, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
I know that Walter is the man who oversees the theater, who helps falsify papers for the children in the crèche.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
At Miu Miu, Prada's more youthful line, the designer oversaw a stretch of soaring sales that helped buoy the company in an otherwise tough sales environment for luxury fashion.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
After four years at Porch, Sharma joined Meta, where she oversaw products including Messenger and rose rapidly to vice president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
An accessibility team oversaw everything, from large-scale logistics to the personal needs of individual background actors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Another is Julian Ward, who was Liverpool's sporting director between 2022 and 2023 and oversaw the signings of Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Alexis Mac Allister and Darwin Nunez.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
For weeks Daddy oversaw the project while the house builders poured the concrete.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
The Smithsonian operates independently of the executive branch and is overseen by a Board of Regents.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
South Africa, another historic player, is home to a ground station that has overseen communications for hundreds of launches.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Kim had previously overseen tests of cruise missiles and machine guns on the vessel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
In addition to Bakewell, the Aug. 16 Bass fundraiser was hosted by Citizens for Accountable Leadership, or CAL, a volunteer political group overseen by about two dozen Black community leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
And thus the prisoners, including Zeitoun, were overseen by the Department of Homeland Security.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
The former is specific to life-sustaining decisions, while the latter is a more far-reaching document overseeing a range of decisions like appointing a healthcare agent and deciding on hospital choices or even nursing homes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The clan overseeing the succession defended its choice of Kijanangoma.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Warren has a lot of experience overseeing finance at major corporations, which means he knows how to run companies of that scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
About 15 years after it ended, a former Texas labor commissioner and ranking Labor Department official overseeing the program went public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Every week his picture was in the papers next to Monsignor Pittini, overseeing some good deed.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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