proprietor
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In January 2025, the cafe was fined £18,000 and its proprietor Baris Yucel was given 100 hours of community service after admitting six criminal charges related to the Food Safety Act.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
However, there are other risks associated with being a sole proprietor that should be considered.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
For Joshua Pollack, the New Jersey-born proprietor of Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen in Denver, making an authentic New York bagel starts with producing authentic New York water, which many consider essential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
"We are suffering a lot," said Kishor Dulera, a tile unit proprietor who closed this factory and two others in early March, sending hundreds of workers home.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
The proprietor, whose name wasn’t Sam but Ralph, had served ten years in the U.S.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The change would be even harder for landscapers who work as sole proprietors, with a single vehicle and limited space for charging and storing equipment.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
My grandmother, who was a friend of the proprietors of the fish market, got me the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Bucket shop patrons were positioned heavily for Amalgamated to rise, so the proprietors shorted the stock “to establish as low a quotation as possible,” the Journal wrote.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Its proprietors wear bedazzled cowboy hats, which cast a shadow on their all-white uniforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
The Lincolns had given the Fords enough advance notice for the proprietors to decorate and join together the two theater boxes—seven and eight—that, by removal of a partition, formed the president’s box at the theater.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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