commissioner
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Why games now seem to drag on longer than some players’ college careers is a question that even NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has been asking himself recently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The men, who denied wrongdoing, have been calling on India's chief election commissioner to resign.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Hurts is perhaps one of the most disrespected players in the NFL as, in commissioner Roger Goodell’s words, a “face of the league.”
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
She became the City Section’s seventh commissioner in 2019 after being an assistant commissioner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
In less than fifteen minutes, Mrs. Suzman — all five feet two inches of her — came through the door of our passageway, accompanied by General Steyn, the commissioner of prisons.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Mayor Karen Bass is the chair of Metro and appoints airport commissioners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
It used to be that the commissioners in the City Section and Southern Section were high school or college officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Restoring that trust won't be easy, nor will finding replacements for the current commissioners when their term comes to an end.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
In one instance, the report says, the two commissioners even wrote a letter complaining to the chief secretary, the top bureaucrat in the Indian government.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The two commissioners and the mayordomo shrugged, remaining self-consciously silent.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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