overseer
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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
Mehmet Oz, the Trump administration’s overseer of Medicare and Medicaid, said he may have uncovered huge amounts of fraud in Medicaid hospice spending.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 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
Yezzan’s other slaves had refused to go near the overseer once the cramps began, so it was left to Tyrion to keep him warm and.bring him drinks.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The sensors transmitted my data wirelessly to overseers across the hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 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
Affordable housing grantmakers, lenders and urban planning regulators share agency letterhead with cannabis and alcohol industry overseers, professional licensors, car mechanic watchdogs and everyone at the California Horse Racing Board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025
By the time the Haitian plantation owners and overseers reached New Orleans, abolitionists were pressing to end the African slave trade.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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