chair

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At BP’s annual shareholder meeting last month, shareholders representing 18% of its stock voted against Manifold’s election as chair of the board.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The initial flashpoint came when Wang made her way over to Korpatsch's side of the court to inspect a ball mark, after the chair umpire ruled her shot had landed beyond the baseline.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

For BP, Manifold had been brought is as a tougher chair meant to impose discipline after years of strategic drift.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

She got her master of fine arts degree in art from ArtCenter College of Design’s graduate art program, where she works as the undergraduate and graduate art departments’ chair and a longtime graduate art professor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Betsie by the very way she sat evoked a high-backed chair behind her and a carpet at her feet instead of this endless row of metal cots on a bare pine floor.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom