principal
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He acted regularly through the ’80s, landing parts in television shows “Magnum P.I.” and “The Dukes of Hazzard” before finding his way to the part that would make him America’s favorite principal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Horner was fired from his role as chief executive officer and team principal by Red Bull after the 2025 British Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Mortgage principal and interest costs now eat up 27% of household income, compared with 17% a decade ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
If you financed that with a 30-year loan with an interest rate of 7.03%, your monthly principal and interest payment would be $2,290.57.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
He’s just this year bumped up to principal from assistant principal and he’s very enthusiastic about the new gig.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
We lengthened the school year, brought in hundreds of tutors, replaced 95% of principals and nearly half the teachers while retraining the rest, and embedded data-driven instruction and high expectations into daily practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The principals settled on hosting Collins for a publicity event at Navatek’s Maine headquarters in August 2019, where she posed for pictures with Kao and a model of the company’s experimental boat.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
There have been some concerns this will place more pressure on school principals and teachers who are SEN coordinators in schools.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Francois Resnais, national secretary of SNPDEN-Unsa, France's top union of school principals, criticised the timing as "bad".
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
One of the two principals had fired first; the other had paused for a discreet and noticeable interval, and then he had fired.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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