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Amid the interruptions, the chair briefly suspended the session and instructed both countries' representatives to return to their places.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Nicholas DiZoglio, vice chair of the school committee, has wondered whether the district should reorganize its four K-8 schools into an elementary school, a junior high and a collaborative school for students with special needs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

That share will be controlled jointly by Anthropic’s seven co-founders, including Chief Executive Dario Amodei and his sister Daniela, the president and chair of the board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Taylor’s intervention suggests “that Memphis voters don’t know what their best interests are,” said Martavius Jones, who was chair of the Memphis City Council when the city ordinance passed.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

We each take a seat, and he angles his chair so that he can see all the kids.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

She wrote that on Wednesday she attended the grand opening of Barnes & Noble’s new location in Ontario, “where more than a hundred readers were lined up outside, some having brought chairs to wait.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

They also find that Fed chairs rely heavily on the central bank’s in-house economists, and that meetings with reporters have grown more common over the past 15 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Computer-science professors and department chairs maintain that computer-science degrees are still valuable and that the major will remain attractive to students.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The host asked for my number; I provided it, then sat with my husband in two lobby chairs.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

“So the Fourth of July is coming up, and there’s a cookout every year on the third,” Emma says as we settle into lawn chairs.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Colm Kelleher, the former Morgan Stanley president who has chaired UBS’s board since 2022, is increasingly in favor of exploring a deal, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Mediawan has already established a foothold in Hollywood by acquiring companies such as Plan B, chaired by Brad Pitt, at the end of 2022, and The North Road Company in early 2026.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Outside the office, Tryfman spent five years as president of the California Public Defenders Assn. and chaired the Rent Stabilization Commission for the city of Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

It points to an "emergency Cobra meeting" chaired by Burnham on Monday afternoon, and adds Donald Trump has said he is "surprised" by the release.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Later that day—in a talk chaired by George Gey—Hayflick delivered a paper, on the “facts and theories” of spontaneous transformation of cells in culture.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Fox’s own Washington bureau chief, Bryan Boughton, who happened to be chairing the pool this week, sent the note announcing the shutdown.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

"Through the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce that she is chairing, this government will deliver the reforms needed to ensure the very highest standards of safety and care for every mother and baby."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

As host, Macron was officially chairing the summit but Trump left no doubt over who he believed was in charge.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

He would rather spend his energy volunteering, making art, going to operas and chairing the Council on Aging in North Andover, Mass., where he lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

In the days leading up to the charrette, Durham’s two white newspapers also featured several in-depth stories about the event, many of them focusing on the odd couple chairing it.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson