overseer
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In a nicely balanced performance, Alejandra Villanueva’s Mistress Quickly, the play’s go-between and overseer of mischief, embodies the free and easy spirit of Simon’s production.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
One slave, George Granger, became an overseer at Monticello; Granger’s son, George Jr., ran the nail factory there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Europe’s systemic risk overseer is considering an inquiry into private-credit investing, with an eye toward any risks those loans may pose to the European Union’s financial system.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Mehmet Oz, the Trump administration’s overseer of Medicare and Medicaid, said he may have uncovered huge amounts of fraud in Medicaid hospice spending.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
He kept telling me a long story about a mill in South Orgoreyn where he had worked, and how he had got into trouble with an overseer.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The BBC reached out to multiple church overseers for comment, but did not get a response.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
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
And that probably means its overseers in Tehran are reluctant to do so as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024
And they were kept at it, under the eye of the ever-present overseers, without rest except to eat, until dark.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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