overseer
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One slave, George Granger, became an overseer at Monticello; Granger’s son, George Jr., ran the nail factory there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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
You’d think the Supreme Court — in particular Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the overseer of the judicial branch — would have the lower courts’ backs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
Booth and Herold ate the food Cox offered them, saddled up for the ride to the pine thicket, and rode off with Cox’s overseer as their guide.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
But it acts all-powerful, seeming to know more about outer-space tech than its overseers at the Department of Defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 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
If banks lent out the funds anyway, they would be subject to costly demerits from their overseers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
He gripped her arm as he led her through the shining building in which most of Endovier’s officials and overseers were housed.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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