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Police were appointing a special investigations team, Saheb told reporters, adding that strict action would be taken against those involved.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2023

Redfield started the job Monday, less than a week after U.S. officials announced they were appointing him the CDC director.

From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2018

The hope in summer 2016 was United were appointing the Mourinho of Real Madrid’s 2011-12 record-breaking La Liga champions or his first Chelsea side.

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2018

Later Lagaillarde was summoned by two generals and a batch of colonels to a nearby barracks and told they were appointing him co-director of a Committee of National Safety.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the moment they were appointing Maurice of Nassau captain-general came the news that Leicester was returning with intolerable claims.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir