representative
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A scheduling email from the White House Friday night didn’t list a primary TV pool representative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Anyone who came was welcome to receive an amount appropriate to the size of their household, but the adult representative first had to attend a half-hour seminar covering cooking and money-saving tips.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Now, going into October, we feel like we have a chance to have a roster as representative of the talent level we have as you can reasonably expect.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
A representative of tenants' organisation Sindicato de Inquilinas shouted at the police through a megaphone: "Think for 10 seconds about Maricarmen, who could be your own grandmother."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Sometime between 1534 and 1549 Jean Taisnier, a musician and mathematician, remarked that Aristotle was sometimes mistaken; he was challenged by a representative of the pope to produce a convincing example of Aristotle being wrong.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Tebow said his representatives are now investigating the allegations before he reaches his own conclusions about Life Surge.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
If any of the representatives have concerns, maybe then they’ll get to ask West how this could be acceptable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
American and Iranian diplomats met in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the first meeting between high-level representatives since June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Industry representatives are due to meet ministers to discuss their concerns but say there's no obvious short-term solution to avoid the crisis.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It was enough that these representatives of official Durham confided in him.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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