chief
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Pauline Shepherd, chief executive of Independent Health & Care Providers, said the "government's response to Covid in care homes was much too little, too late".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
This troubling narrative was outlined by Schmidt during an interview on the podcast released Wednesday by the chief executive of Norway’s $2 trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund, Nicolai Tangen.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Berlin is "now adopting the approach of responding to crises, whether the pandemic or spikes in energy prices, with a massive increase in public spending", said Joerg Kraemer, chief economist at Commerzbank.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
“Some dude on Twitter could take the patches and run AI against it and post some exploit script,” said Thai Duong, the chief executive of Calif, the security company that first discovered the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
My father was the chief man of our village.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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At the summit on Friday, Zelensky said he would hold talks with the chiefs of the European Council and European Commission, and the prime ministers of Hungary, Finland, and Sweden.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Skydance has said it will keep the Warner Bros. and Paramount studios distinct, though Paramount Pictures chiefs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein are expected to oversee both.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Airport chiefs said the proposals set out a "clear commitment" to continue serving the region and create more than 50,000 jobs, including 3,800 at the airport site.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Mr. Netanyahu entered the situation room to receive a briefing from the military chiefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
With the rise of dense, sedentary, food-producing populations came the rise of chiefs, kings, and bureaucrats.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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