nominees

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Unfettered from the burdens of leadership, he voted against two of Mr. Trump’s highest-profile national-security nominees, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The company urged shareholders to vote for its own three recommended director nominees at its shareholder meeting on June 25.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The immediate answer is that several of next year’s Academy Award nominees are starting their long Oscar seasons at the splendid opening-night banquet where truffles adorned both the sea bass and the ice cream.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

He is still working to assemble a coalition in Iraq’s Parliament that will vote him into office in coming weeks, along with his nominees to run Iraq’s ministries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The vast majority of prelates in it were docile nominees of the new head of the Church.

From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.