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- verb Simple past of
oversee .
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Examples
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In 1989, Mr. Chernomyrdin oversaw the conversion of the ministry into Gazprom, of which he unsurprisingly was elected chairman.
Viktor Chernomyrdin, Yeltsin's stolid prime minister, dies Will Englund 2010
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In 1989, Mr. Chernomyrdin oversaw the conversion of the ministry into Gazprom, of which he unsurprisingly was elected chairman.
Viktor Chernomyrdin, Yeltsin's stolid prime minister, dies Will Englund 2010
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In 1989, Mr. Chernomyrdin oversaw the conversion of the ministry into Gazprom, of which he unsurprisingly was elected chairman.
Viktor Chernomyrdin, Yeltsin's stolid prime minister, dies Will Englund 2010
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Matt Flavin oversaw a 450-person intelligence unit in Bosnia, deployed overseas with the Navy SEALs and survived combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Catlin oversaw testing for anabolic agents at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and ran the country's first anti-doping lab at UCLA for 25 years.
Armstrong to align with Astana in Tour return, form new team 2008
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The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.
Eschaton 2008
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In that portfolio, Mr. Klein oversaw the development of the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, acknowledged as one of the most progressive environmental laws in Canada.
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When production designer David Brisbin oversaw the “rebuild” of Charlie Swan’s house, he studied the original location obsessively and created exactly what he had seen — with one key addition.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 9TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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Mr. Khatami neither "oversaw" torture and murder nor did he condone it.
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These meetings, over the years, they are the ones who kind of oversaw the maintenance of the levees.
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