overseer
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In a nicely balanced performance, Alejandra Villanueva’s Mistress Quickly, the play’s go-between and overseer of mischief, embodies the free and easy spirit of Simon’s production.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Europe’s systemic risk overseer is considering an inquiry into private-credit investing, with an eye toward any risks those loans may pose to the European Union’s financial system.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Mehmet Oz, the Trump administration’s overseer of Medicare and Medicaid, said he may have uncovered huge amounts of fraud in Medicaid hospice spending.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
The board recognized by the U.S. government as the legitimate overseer of PdVSA’s overseas oil assets vowed to fight to keep Citgo under Venezuelan control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
After her defiance of the overseer, they called her Harriet, because the pet names, the diminutives, were no longer fitting for a girl who had displayed such courage.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
She also waved off the government’s demand that others should pay for the new overseers, calling it “absurd.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The BBC reached out to multiple church overseers for comment, but did not get a response.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
A striking convergence of events this week should have shaken the Pentagon’s overseers but so far hasn’t.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
The comedian, who returned to host Monday nights in early 2024 after nearly a decade away, acknowledged recent tensions with the network’s new corporate overseers.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
And there are overseers who make sure the people work hard, who live in stone houses in the comers of the fields.
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
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