principal
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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said: “If we can confirm our improvements in Monza, then we can look with some optimism at the remainder of the season.”
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Team principal Andrea Stella said he believed Norris was driving better than ever.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
During his early adulthood he became an essential part of Cali’s artistic scene, helping found “Caliwood,” one of Colombia’s principal filmmaking movements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“The principal problem with this list is the total ignorance about the work of independent journalism,” wrote Ramos, who has clashed publicly with Sheinbaum and her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
We could tell you the capitals of countries nobody had ever heard of, and their principal exports.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Among the principals, everyone—El-Sayed, Stevens, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—quickly got on the same team.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Couture’s” three principals rarely interact with one another, but those meaningful exchanges argue that, amid the mad clatter of the everyday, a brief, unguarded moment with a stranger can be supremely restorative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
His extensive reporting for “Checkmate,” including the cooperation of its principals, gives the book a page-turning intimacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
So I'm sure that some of the issues that we are talking about today resonate with some principals in English-medium schools.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
“White men were principals at the school?” she asked.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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