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Alfie is a qualified referee who officiates at step three and four of the football pyramid - the Isthmian League and the Southern League Premier Division.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

At one point, she officiates a wedding, asking the groom to promise to “take loving pictures” of his bride “while she’s not looking.”

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2022

A referee officiates, while judges among the crowd deliver their verdicts in cases when there is no obvious winner.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021

Allenby officiates the wedding of Troyanovich and Stout on top of a mountain in Aspen, Colo.

From Golf Digest • Jan. 10, 2019

On those rare occasions on which the pope Functions. officiates in person, they carry out, according to their respective orders, their former functions in the ritual.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various