'V over n' - Construction 11

Name: the preside over construction
Description: A person exerts power over another person.
Verbs: preside, prevail, reign, rule, triumph, tyrannize, win out
Example: …the first woman to preside over the US House of Representatives. (enTenTen20)
Membership: figurative 'over'; relation; person
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