oversaw
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“The performance of the company in his tenure was extraordinary,” said Ralph Daniel Nelson, a former Exxon executive in Saudi Arabia who also oversaw its government relations efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
He moved into a bedroom at Chile's training site and during his four years in charge he oversaw it being transformed from a tired and outdated place to a modern complex.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Rouillard oversaw two significant changes to the traditional Riviera layout.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
He also represented Alex Saab, who American prosecutors said laundered money for Venezuela’s former strongman, Nicolás Maduro, and oversaw the importation of often-rotten food to a poverty-stricken country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
It was succeeded and perhaps taken over by a state called Chimor, which oversaw an empire that sprawled over central Peru until it, too, was absorbed by the Inka.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
