preside over
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O'Neill was back by January, trying to preside over a chaotic transfer window while picking up the pieces of a badly damaged league campaign.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Warsh is set to preside over the Fed’s next policy meeting on June 16–17.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
It’s a two-year term to preside over Southern Section Council meetings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Figueiredo -- grandson of the last general to preside over Brazil during the 1964-1985 dictatorship -- said that Ramagem's immigration status was legal, and that he has a pending asylum application.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
He tells her he did not become headmaster of Leamy’s National School to preside over an academy of messenger boys.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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