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Riccardo Muti guest-rehearses the orchestra once a year, a tradition that has continued past his directorship at the CSO.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025 -
In its 56th edition, the photography festival, running until 5th October, embraces the provocatively defiant theme Disobedient Images, under the directorship of Christoph Wiesner.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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These chapters exist under the headship of the National Students for Justice in Palestine, who distributed a toolkit identifying themselves as part of the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.—
Jeremiah Poff,
Washington Examiner,
24 Oct. 2023
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If people question the absolute infallibility of scripture, perhaps favoring a more literary or historical approach, then the case for male headship collapses.—
Audrey Clare Farley,
The New Republic,
3 Jan. 2022
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While waving away the responsibilities of kingship, Shrek can’t escape the responsibilities of fatherhood, as Fiona’s pregnant.—
Skyler Trepel September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The papacy essentially is a kingship, DeBernardo said.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Lund also recently departed his other board chair position — from energy giant BP Plc — after the gap between BP and its peers widened.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Using a lint roller on upholstered pieces of furniture like couches and occasional chairs is an easy and quick way to combat the dust that settles on the fabric on the back that faces that lines the wall or any other part of the fabric as well.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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Against all odds, von Spreckelsen had emerged as the unlikely winner of the competition, propelled from obscurity in Denmark to the helm of a pharaonic project in Paris.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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The superintendent of National School District will retire June 30 after a decade at its helm and a career that has taken her all around the county.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Oct. 2025
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The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in February 1951, establishing the two-term limit for the presidency.—
Michelle Tauber,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Trump posted the video to Truth Social on Saturday evening, afters millions took to the streets across the country to demonstrate against his presidency.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Chieftainship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chieftainship. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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