overseer
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Lastly, I would make it a joint effort, with the daughter acting as a peer who is also learning and in need of education — not as an overseer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
One slave, George Granger, became an overseer at Monticello; Granger’s son, George Jr., ran the nail factory there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Europe’s systemic risk overseer is considering an inquiry into private-credit investing, with an eye toward any risks those loans may pose to the European Union’s financial system.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
The confused stowaway tried to hop away onto the freeway, but project overseer Robert Rock rescued the frog and released it at the top of the crossing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
He assigned some of the blame for the incomplete landscape to himself, for failing to install a trustworthy overseer in Chicago after the death of Harry Codman.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Its overseers at the Los Angeles County Office of Education last month warned that the district meets the criteria for a “Lack of Going Concern” designation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The BBC reached out to multiple church overseers for comment, but did not get a response.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
A striking convergence of events this week should have shaken the Pentagon’s overseers but so far hasn’t.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
The comedian, who returned to host Monday nights in early 2024 after nearly a decade away, acknowledged recent tensions with the network’s new corporate overseers.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
He would make sure his overseers considered him of value.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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