commissioner
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North Carolina regulators initially permitted Lindberg’s insurance companies to make loans to other companies affiliated with the tycoon, but scrutiny of the arrangements ramped up under a newly elected insurance commissioner.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
On Friday, the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner warned that Serbia's rights situation had worsened, citing attacks on activists and journalists, shrinking civic space and alleged police abuses at protests.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
His reason: Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis had to sign off on the all-star game, and he had been appointed to the position in 1920 to clean up baseball’s tarnished image.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Police commissioner Kumar's comments, however, are unlikely to be the last word in the case.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
I would sit in my room and practice the “grip and grin” that would take place the day the NBA commissioner announced my name as the Knicks’ first-round pick in the NBA draft.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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