overseen

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol are overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, but they are separate agencies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The initiative has overseen deep - and deeply controversial - cuts to public spending.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Dolan, the combative billionaire owner who has overseen the team since 1999, had failed repeatedly and spectacularly to construct a champion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Dolan, who has overseen the Knicks since 1999, had 16 losing seasons in a 19-year stretch and faced fan chants to sell the team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Today, he reported, as the family moved inside to escape the twilight mist that rose from the river, he had overseen the carpenter who was splitting the white oak for the clapboards.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare