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For the first time, a skeptic of science could sit at the head of one of the nation’s critical posts, responsible for safeguarding public health.
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Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
McNally sat at the head of the table, more TA than professor — not exactly of us but among us.
—Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
One protester was shot to death by a Capitol police officer while at the head of an angry mob pushing through a door.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
In a nondescript ballroom at the base’s officers’ club, Mr. Austin and General Milley, flanked by their Ukrainian and German counterparts, sat at the head of a horseshoe arrangement of folding tables alongside representatives from 40 countries.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
McNally sat at the head of the table, more TA than professor — not exactly of us but among us.
—Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
One protester was shot to death by a Capitol police officer while at the head of an angry mob pushing through a door.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
In a nondescript ballroom at the base’s officers’ club, Mr. Austin and General Milley, flanked by their Ukrainian and German counterparts, sat at the head of a horseshoe arrangement of folding tables alongside representatives from 40 countries.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“At the head of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20head%20of. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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