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

County Registrar office is led by Dean Logan, who previously oversaw Washington state’s King County elections at the time of a contentious recount in the 2004 governor’s race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In fact, the current commission president, white-collar attorney Rasha Gerges Shields, is the only remaining member of the commission that oversaw the months-long chief’s search that ended with McDonnell’s selection.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 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a bedroom at Chile's training site and during his four years in charge he oversaw it being transformed from a tired and outdated place to a modern complex.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

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