preside

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His term ends on May 15, and before that Powell will preside over just two more rate-setting committee meetings: March 18 and April 29.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

He was the first leader to preside over what he began to call “Great” Britain or to hoist a “Union” Jack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Under the highly unusual arrangement, COP31 would take place in Turkey but who would preside over the meeting -- Australia or Turkey -- was still being negotiated, the sources said.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Ponnet also volunteered his time to preside over the annual ceremony and burial of the unclaimed dead in Boyle Heights, during which hundreds of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

He tells her he did not become headmaster of Leamy’s National School to preside over an academy of messenger boys.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt