oversee
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Johns, who was brought on to oversee the team’s business in April, said things are changing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Housing Department still hasn’t hired an assistant general manager to oversee it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Guinea's Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah visited the scene to assess the situation and oversee the search efforts.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
She calls it a “sham” and claims to have “no confidence” in the OCC’s ability to oversee our application impartially.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The central hub where the Director and Assistant Director oversee the missions carried out by our agents around the globe. We have outposts on every continent.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
The latter oversees the probated estate, the former oversees the trust.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
He oversees the rapid construction of a powerful naval force and confronts the combined fleets of Antony and Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The show’s corporate sponsors are companies that the Department of Transportation oversees, and Boeing is one such sponsor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Bonta said it was telling that Meta decided to settle midway through testimony from Adam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram at Meta -- and before CEO Mark Zuckerberg was scheduled to take the stand.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
On my left side is a man named Chian who organizes and oversees all Trials taken in Los Angeles.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
As a young man, by his account, he smuggled diamonds, oversaw coconut plantations, dynamited fish, captained schooners and hunted killer cannibals in the New Guinea jungle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Close, who oversaw nutrition for last year's British and Irish Lions rugby union tour, sees supplements as the "final piece of the jigsaw" rather than a starting point.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
She oversaw the Lakers’ fall out of contention at the end of Kobe Bryant’s career and its rebirth with the arrival of LeBron James and Luka Doncic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Starting in early 2025, Salisbury oversaw the unprecedented reassignment of more than 6,000 agents to immigration enforcement, diverting most of the agency from its normal duties.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Then Shady oversaw the process with the watchful eye of a master craftsman, wanting each of his apprentices to learn the art of his trade.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
The national cadet programme is overseen by the military and offers leadership and skills training to youth aged 12 to 18.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Met Gala is overseen by fashion luminary Anna Wintour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The spending would have been spread out over more than five years and overseen by the defence ministry.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The installation, overseen by the museum’s new director—Xavier F. Salomon, the former chief curator of the Frick Collection—and the Gulbenkian’s curators, retains the original sequences and arrangements but also creates new conversations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
A nondescript postal collection depot overseen by the squat man in a frumpy suit.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Judge William Sullivan, who is overseeing the Clancy trial, has an order specifically prohibiting the photographing or filming of jurors.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Novartis said it is working with independent safety boards overseeing each paused study and sharing what it knows with regulators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
See: Apple CEO Tim Cook to step down after overseeing 1,900% stock surge.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
He messaged the number from the ad three times before an officer overseeing the sting responded, the report said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Meliagrance, who had been overseeing some men-at-arms while they broke up the wooden sheds on the Great Court as a precaution against Greek Fire, lost his nerve.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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