staff
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Lombardi was assistant to Belichick’s New England Patriots coaching staff from 2014-2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
The staff members, who are knowledgeable and enthusiastic, are no less serious about the product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
No 10 staff are already wondering if they'll ever be able to stick to a regular prime minister's schedule, normally designed with military precision.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
She said she acted with board approval and spent school money on kids and for staff development and incentives to retain valued personnel in a challenging inner-city environment.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
General Maxwell Taylor, chief of staff of the U.S.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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He helps decide who staffs agencies, what gets funded, which direction the country points in when it comes to research.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2026
All three of Maye, Lawrence and Williams saw their fortunes improve with new coaching staffs that oversaw rapid turnarounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
These funds-of-funds typically employ large staffs to rigorously analyze the track record of other hedge funds in hopes of identifying those with the greatest probability of producing impressive future returns.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
Soccer’s technical, medical and high-performance staffs, he choose to rest and recuperate during the final summer before the World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
The white of House Stark was seen everywhere, the grey direwolves seeming to run and leap as the banners swirled and streamed from the high staffs.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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For many Americans taking a weight-loss drug, Thanksgiving presents a conundrum: Take the weekly dose that staves off hunger, or push it off so they can feast?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
"In our model, the barrel staves spread out in steps," he says, "each step representing a new limiting factor that becomes active as the cell grows faster."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
France's Emmanuel Macron was on Friday due to pick a head of government tasked with pulling the country out of a political gridlock, in a move that staves off fresh elections for now.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
However, that only staves off the pressure for a moment as the kick fails to make touch and Ireland are on the front foot again.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2024
Some carried cudgels, others staves; all wore pleated skirts, leathern sandals, and patchwork cloaks sewn from squares of many colors to echo the many-colored bricks of Meereen.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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They are usually staffed by lifelong public servants who, in an ideal world, are focused solely on making sure government officials properly use their taxpayer-funded budgets and legal authority.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
There are 143 staffed ticket offices and 179 ticket machines at ScotRail stations across the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Warsh said those task forces would be staffed by experts from outside the Fed and supported by subject-matter specialists from the Fed’s staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
With the changes, MS NOW will still have 20 hours of live programming each weekend and will be staffed to handle breaking news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Her father, Matthäus Merian the Elder, ran a thriving Frankfurt publishing shop, staffed by Maria’s older half brothers and sisters from an earlier marriage.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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In October 2021, an email to staff said the trust had reached a point where services were "not safe", with concerns raised about staffing levels.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ranchers in the U.S., which exported $9.3 billion in beef and beef products in 2025, say those staffing cuts could threaten their bottom lines.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Unified is not getting enough credit for previous major budget reductions — to central office staffing, for example — that it has made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Since then, the FAA has been able to buttress staffing levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
On one such occasion, two years after Mary joined West Computing, Dorothy Vaughan sent Mary to the East Side, staffing her on a project alongside several white computers.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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