chairman
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"Over my dead body," said Barry Hearn, then the chairman of World Snooker, amid suspicions some years ago that under his leadership the tournament might leave Sheffield.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Business has been “crazy,” said executive chairman Dave Cote, who in a previous life ran Honeywell.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The company also said that co-founder and chairman of the board Reed Hastings would be stepping down—although history suggests the departure of an influential figure shouldn’t cause a tech stock to tank.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Chelsea fans are "upset and confused" that a website part-owned by Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly is offering tickets for the club's FA Cup semi-final with Leeds at Wembley Stadium at hugely inflated values.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Raymond Birge, who became department chairman upon Elmer Hall’s passing that same year, was fond of remarking with a wry jocularity, “I don’t know what goes on over there in that Radiation Lab.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing chairman
The Legislative Branch, Sections 4–6
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