officiate
Example Sentences
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This Sunday's NFL flagship spectacle will be officiated by Shawn Smith, who from Monday to Friday works as a manager at the Detroit branch of a medical insurance firm.
From Barron's
Most judges travel regularly to attend judicial conferences, to speak at bar associations and universities, or to officiate moot courts at law schools.
And before that, the Seattle Seahawks benefited from an even stranger officiating decision than what occurred in Detroit, helping them to a 38-37 overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams.
The NFL considers officiating criticism “conduct detrimental to the league,” and has fined players and coaches for speaking out.
From Los Angeles Times
The NFL’s competition committee states on the league’s football operations website that “criticism of officiating has always been considered conduct detrimental to the League.”
From Los Angeles Times
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