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Recent Examples of governor
Cleveland rose from mayor of Buffalo to governor of New York to the White House in a few years.
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Jacob Lane The Chicago Tribune, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday, though a spokesman for the governor previously signaled support for the bill.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a host of Democratic officials and donors urged Mills to challenge Collins, even though the governor would be 79 at the start of her Senate term.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Kansas’ affordable housing tax credit program is expected to sunset in 2028 following legislation passed and signed by the governor last year.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
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Jacob Lane The Chicago Tribune, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday, though a spokesman for the governor previously signaled support for the bill.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a host of Democratic officials and donors urged Mills to challenge Collins, even though the governor would be 79 at the start of her Senate term.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Kansas’ affordable housing tax credit program is expected to sunset in 2028 following legislation passed and signed by the governor last year.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governor
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Author of four books, Lovely spent 35 years serving K-12 schools in many capacities including instructional aide, teacher, principal, central office administrator and superintendent, and has 10 years of experience in human resources.—
Marsha Sutton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Unlike Rodham, Rozos had to clear the original text of his speech — which made no mention of Israel or Gaza — with NYU administrators beforehand.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Despite this high-minded rhetoric, Talarico has benefited from reams of cash from corporate lobbyists, billionaires, and business executives who have flooded Texas on his behalf.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Mar. 2026
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Those disparate visions were on full display during a Tuesday oversight hearing in which agency leaders, company executives and advisory board members answered lawmakers’ questions about how California managed to spend $450 million on a regional 911 system, only to scrap the design.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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The Israeli military claims Ibrahim Ghazali was a Hezbollah commander who managed weapons for a unit that fired rockets at Israel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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Some identifying details about the facility are being withheld at the request of Kurdish military commanders.—
Younes Mohammad,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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This flowery felt iteration from fall 1999 proves that a good silhouette is a blank canvas for any creative director’s vision (just take a look at the latest renditions by Maria Grazia Chiuri, hot off the 2026 runway).—
Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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While being confronted with disruptive technological change and economic uncertainty, business leaders also face impatient shareholders and corporate directors demanding immediate results.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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In South Africa, legislation in the early two-thousands codified a program called Black Economic Empowerment, which, among other initiatives, incentivizes employers to hire Black South Africans; a more recent law allows the government to expropriate private land, sometimes without compensation.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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The agreement also highlights the parallels between school and athletes and traditional employer-employee relationships, where joint-representation arrangements are sometimes used.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Thousands of olive trees were uprooted last year, and the Central Command general Avi Bluth made clear that the intention was collective punishment, even though the military denies this.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Tom Fletcher, the under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator for the United Nations, called for additional humanitarian aid to help Lebanon cope with airstrikes between Israel and Hezbollah.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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Ahead of a meeting in Brussels, the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss possibly extending a naval mission that protects ships in the Red Sea to the Strait of Hormuz, without giving any details.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Linscheid will be the 57th police chief in the city’s 169 year history.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
17 Mar. 2026
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Although some information about board of managers applicants has been released, details on superintendent candidates have mostly remained under wraps.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
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Some parents want administrators to be held accountable as well, calling for some administrators — including the district superintendent, the school's former principal, the school's current principal, and a Board of Eduation member — to be fired as well.—
Vince Floress,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Governor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governor. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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