administer
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My earlier analysis pointed to the three bulwarks against attempted election subversion—the state and local governments that administer elections, the courts that protect rights, and the American people who are democracy’s ultimate safeguard.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Supporters would argue he is a man who is ready to administer the medicine the nation needs, even if people do not like the taste of it.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Bradley took him to the batting cages to administer the eye test.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Fight back and protect the people who administer elections.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Korako, goddess of secrets, had been the one to see to it, and to administer other tests to determine the more elusive godspawn abilities.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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In Maine, which is among the states most dependent on heating oil, the state’s housing authority, aka MaineHousing, administers the federal Low-Income Energy Assistance Program.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Lawton's letter was sent from a company called Equiniti, which administers the pension scheme on behalf of the MoD.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance, a public agency that provides and administers the benefits, says changes over the past few decades have helped it recover from a deficit and build a $1.2 billion surplus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
He grooms them, administers their daily doses of medicine by hand and recognizes their individual personalities.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
His wife, Rosita, administers first aid to migrants.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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The evidence is contained in a leak of documents about Abramovich's finances and the operations of a network of offshore companies administered from Cyprus between 1995 and 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
She was found clinging to a tree in late September and tranquilised by a rescue team who administered oxygen and intravenous fluids before moving her to the rehabilitation centre.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“The facts provided by Jane Doe’s statement do not allege that she was either rendered incapable of controlling her own conduct or that any drug was administered to her without her consent,” he stated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
In the mouse experiments, researchers administered the gerozyme inhibitor twice a week for four weeks after injury.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
He performed the operations while his wife administered the anesthetic.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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Within minutes of administering vitamin B6, Ann's seizure activity stopped.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The controller is the state’s fiscal watchdog, responsible for auditing government agencies, administering payroll for state employees and reuniting abandoned assets with their owners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
That agreement promised to provide relief from sanctions on oil sales, grant access to Iran’s frozen assets and acknowledge a role for Tehran administering the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for opening the waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Minnesota are among a small group of states with a decentralized election system, in which individual cities and towns, rather than counties, are responsible for administering ballots.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
“I can't take over the job of administering justice,” he replied.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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