overseers

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A striking convergence of events this week should have shaken the Pentagon’s overseers but so far hasn’t.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

The comedian, who returned to host Monday nights in early 2024 after nearly a decade away, acknowledged recent tensions with the network’s new corporate overseers.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

Pasta has been eaten in southern Italy since the Middle Ages, when Sicily’s Arab overseers introduced the drying of dough as a form of preservation, according to Amadei.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

But they want to help, no matter their greedy overseers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

By the time the Haitian plantation owners and overseers reached New Orleans, abolitionists were pressing to end the African slave trade.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson