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mayor

[may-er, mair] / ˈmeɪ ər, mɛər /




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King Mohammed VI’s appointment of the 50-year-old French-trained lawyer, former member of Parliament and mayor of Marrakesh, has dominated postelection media coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“No mayor has retained the same police commissioner from the administration prior to theirs since 1964,” she said, referring to Tisch, who was elevated under the previous mayor, Eric Adams.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

As mayor, Burnham previously declared the dinners from Man City, valued at a combined total of £1,000 for hospitality.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The mayor has stuck to the rhetoric despite drawing rebuke from Jewish leaders, who say his words have made members of their community less safe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The new mayor scanned the paper and immediately told the students that the first two items were impossible for him to grant.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

“For mayors, it’s always been more about contending with, rather than controlling the NYPD,” said Bagga.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Powers to implement the scheme will rest with mayors because "they know which firms are hiring, which colleges are delivering, which estates have been left behind," Healey said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

All the recent L.A. mayors I’ve known had their faults and failures, whether the task was filling potholes, building out transit or addressing the high cost of housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He aims to achieve this by allowing mayors more power over budgets, in a 10-year plan to transform the economy.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

There was something about the mayors of towns that troubled him.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara


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