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Last week, Venezuelan government officials were supervising the infrastructure of the Tienditas bridge.

From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2022

Instead, a permanent substitute teacher and two high school volunteers were supervising the class, which had seven students with disabilities.

From Washington Post • May 5, 2022

Gockerell’s crewmates and officers with the state Department of Natural Resources, who were supervising the geoduck harvesting, pulled Gockerell free after a struggle and brought him aboard the commercial fishing boat, Keegan said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2021

Two female corrections officers were supervising male inmates the night of the escape because two male officers had called in sick.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2019

Above the shoulders of his carriers Ignatius barked directions as if he were supervising the loading of the rarest and most precious of cargoes.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole