aegis

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This task is left to a 170-plus member “committee” under the aegis of the IMO, and good luck to any voter in Boston, Berlin or Bangkok who wants to influence that debate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Newer material like “Cry for Me” and “São Paolo” showed that, whatever his exhaustion with this aegis, he’s got tons of startling ideas still brimming.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Peacekeeping forces - under the aegis of either the United Nations or Nato - traditionally are impartial, operate with the consent of both parties and use force only to defend themselves.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

But I think they were able to justify it under the aegis of anticommunism.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024

Medusa’s head was given to Athena, who bore it always upon the aegis, Zeus’s shield, which she carried for him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton