preside
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It’s a two-year term to preside over Southern Section Council meetings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
On Sunday, Leo will preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square before delivering a typically political blessing which is especially anticipated this year.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Beaver is one of those manosphere gurus who preside over dismal power-of-positive-thinking seminars in hotel conference rooms where lost men gather for advice on how to win.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
There are reports that the Assembly of Experts could chose a council of leaders rather than one person to preside in this perilous time.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
With my eyes on income-and-outlay, the shop was doing better and soon we were able to hire a saleslady to preside over the front room while Father and I worked in back.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Vocabulary lists containing preside
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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