oversight
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Leory's sister Natalie Douglas has launched a petition for to him be housed closer to home, calling on the justice system to correct "part of the years' worth of oversight".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
There is something genuinely disorienting about reading all of this in a Senate oversight letter and arriving at Taco Bell as the comparatively lucid party.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Without oversight of the land, protecting the chi has been an upstream battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The three rounds of pandemic stimulus checks approved in 2020 and 2021 came to about $814 billion in total, according to federal oversight data.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
These patches of disorder make no difference — it is a house too spectacular to suffer distraction, forgiving of oversight and mess.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
But many cases come down to small oversights — and the people caught off guard are often the ones who thought they had it taken care of.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Alejandro, the gas station attendant, said he felt there were "too few oversights" of mining projects.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
Mistakes or oversights in DOT regulations could lead to lawsuits or even injuries and deaths in the transportation system.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
I’ve made it a point this year to finally get to some books that have been oversights in my reading life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
It may be pointed out, of course, that as far as long-distance motoring is concerned, I am something of a novice, and such simple oversights are only to be expected.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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