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The fifth plenum comes ahead of a major party congress next year, where 73-year-old Xi is almost certain to secure a historic fourth term and oversee a leadership reshuffle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Dozens of curious onlookers gathered on Wednesday as the crew shut roads in bustling central Madrid, where AFP saw the 90-year-old oversee the set.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The smaller-sized format can pose logistical issues, with more games and more coaches and volunteers needed to oversee them.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Rice will oversee the film team until a new film head is announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
With misgivings, the king allowed his father to oversee the project, for it was true that he had many other things to do.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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In January 2025, the Postal Regulatory Commission, which oversees the Postal Service, warned that moving forward with the plan would be disruptive to rural communities and might not save as much money as expected.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
It routinely oversees accounting standards at bigger institutions such as listed public companies, but not football clubs.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit oversees the southern portion of the project, which runs along a commuter rail line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Judge Ana Reyes has scheduled a follow-up hearing for Monday and ordered senior officials with the Interior Department, which oversees the property, to testify.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
There is hard evidence of a community money club that John Kwang oversees.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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She confirmed the stage version of Yesterday would also be directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle, who oversaw the movie.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
That point harks back to a similar, unfulfilled promise by his father, who instead oversaw soaring deforestation rates.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Bajaria oversaw the teams responsible for Netflix content around the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The U.S. government initiated and oversaw the entire enterprise that unleashed the atom and made the bomb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Both—though they oversaw Sing Sing’s executions— were against the death penalty.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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He has not made a Test hundred since, including failing to do so during last winter's Ashes, but has been in excellent white-ball form and has overseen a resurgence in England's 50-over and T20 sides.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Cremo, who has overseen "Bardo" since it was commissioned eight years ago, spoke with AFP from Warsaw on the eve of the premiere of "Mothers of Kherson," which the Met commissioned in 2023.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The former union leader has overseen a drop in inflation and unemployment while massively curbing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
He also vows more accountability when it comes to ensuring that all payments overseen by the controller’s office are cross-referenced to ensure that the work was performed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But Hamilton thought the conditions for economic development needed to be created, then enduringly overseen.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Jenny Birch, who has been overseeing the investigation, urged anyone with information "no matter how small" to contact police.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Marie Antoinette was out of her depth from the moment she set foot in France from Austria, entrusted with overseeing war and peace, money and poverty.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Weiss replaced Claire Day, a longtime veteran of the network, with Shayndi Rice, a former Wall Street Journal editor, overseeing all of the network’s international operations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Alberta's office responsible for overseeing provincial elections said the advance voting station in Wainwright had closed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
A silver-haired Martial with a soldier’s build—the captain, I assume—is overseeing a group of Plebeians and Scholar slaves stacking boxes of cargo.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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