1
as in governing
to exercise authority or power over
from 1923 to 1948 Palestine was presided over by Great Britain under a mandate granted by the League of Nations
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2
as in operating
to look after and make decisions about
he presides over a vast communications empire
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The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning a landslide victory thanks to her popularity.—
MARI YAMAGUCHI,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026 -
But soon after that, the International Skating Union (ISU), skating’s worldwide governing body, made the decision to ban backflips from competition due in large part to the high risk of head and neck injuries.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
9 Feb. 2026
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The only other blemish was a lighter operating margin, resulting in a miss on operating income.—
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CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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The cost of launching satellites to space is coming down just as the costs of building and operating AI data centers on earth are rising.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Báez, a 33-year-old Detroit Tigers infielder and outfielder, tested positive for marijuana on March 12, 2023, ruling him out of this WBC.—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Her ruling shields more than 300,000 Haitians — at least 158,000 of them living in Florida — from deportation back to their volatile country while an ongoing lawsuit proceeds.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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The 30-year-old star, born Austin Richard Post, was born in New York but moved to Grapevine at 9 years old after Malone’s father, Rich Post, took a job managing concessions for the Dallas Cowboys.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Feb. 2026
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He's considered a great in-game coach, who creates advantages in the margins, like on substitution patterns and managing the clock.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
8 Feb. 2026
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As a producer, executive producer or supervising producer, Keller’s credits include 24 episodes of The Pretender, Boomtown, 17 episodes of Blue Bloods and the 2017 documentary King Cohen.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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Additionally, Dropout staffer Ebony Elaine Hardin has been promoted from supervising producer to director of production.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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In a June 2025 memo to Health Care Agency Director Veronica Kelley, Sabet noted that county staff failed to report its suspicions of abuse by 360 Clinic to the compliance office and fell short in overseeing the county’s $5 million contract with the vendor.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
7 Feb. 2026
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Because the state’s early learning system is still fragmented with multiple agencies overseeing these programs, state leaders are looking for solutions to improve performane.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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With the passage of the INA, Congress tasked immigration courts with handling removal proceedings, thereby stripping district courts of jurisdiction over immigration matters.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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The brain is also far more adept at handling things like ambiguity, subtlety, and nuance.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Founded by Roth together with MCT, The Horror Section’s mission is to super-serve genre fans by owning and controlling a premium intellectual property library of unhinged films, TV series and games, in addition to a podcast and curating horror-centric experiences.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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Diehard fans, Mastromartino said, can alleviate the emotional stress accompanying a loss by controlling their viewing environment.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Presiding (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presiding%20%28over%29. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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