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On March 22, five days after her initial tweets, Black announced that he would resign as CEO and board chairman of Apollo effective immediately, some three months ahead of schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
"I think that would absolutely go a long way to… undoing some of the disdain towards the water companies and get people on board to help look after our water resources."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Eventually, others helped to move him and a doctor on board began CPR.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Chief executive Chazz Clevinger said he could not share how the 20,000 comments to the air board were generated or how constituents were identified and contacted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
My list of eighth-grade goals is pinned up on the bulletin board next to the bookshelves, so neat and hopeful.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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The biggest set is the interior of the police headquarters – an open-plan office with personal effects on each of the desks and boards of photographs and details of the fictional cases they're working on.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Labour representatives have half the seats on supervisory boards at big companies under Germany's system of co-determination.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Newsom was California’s lieutenant governor — a mostly ceremonial role that includes positions on several higher-education boards — from 2011 to 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Enthusiastic message boards, blogs dedicated to any niche you could find in any hobby, news and culture websites as renowned for sharp commenters as their stable of writers.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Surratt’s place was hard to spot at night—the plain two-story structure was unpainted, and the dull wood boards reflected no moonlight.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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When my yearlong tenure ended, I boarded my flight and soon was gazing out the airplane window over the Rockies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Three smaller military jets were nearby and was impossible to tell which plane Clinton had actually boarded.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, had redirected 55 commercial ships, disabled two and boarded two to enforce the blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The president boarded Air Force One in Ankara, Turkey, on 8 July before being transported to another aircraft with the help of a catering truck, the Washington Post said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Under the cover of night, the young woman boarded the ship and was given a place belowdecks by a friendly captain named John Bowles.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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He attended the elite boarding school Eton, later revealing his hurt over William allegedly ignoring him while also there.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Bush never quite lost his boarding school bearing.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
By 13, he was spending hours each day practicing alone in the basement at his boarding school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Footage from 8 July shows him boarding Air Force One, the presidential jet, at Ankara airport.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
I think of all the different colors of skin of the scientists, passengers, and Monitors boarding on the first day.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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