broker
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Another leading discount broker allowed the trade to go through.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Burnham said the "UK has a unique position as an honest broker", with close ties to the US and the European Union.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Though HOAs are heavily criticized online, home buyers generally don’t deliberately seek to avoid homes that are part of one, said Garrett, the Louisville real-estate broker.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Andrew Montlake, chief executive of mortgage broker Coreco, said that the latest data showed that "the inflation dragon has not been fully slain".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Outside Seoul, I talked to a North Korean defector who had paid twelve thousand dollars to a broker to smuggle out her eleven-year-old son in 2002.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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Microcap stocks prone to pump-and-dump trading used to be promoted by boiler-room brokers over the telephone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Farmers are in tight competition on prices, and price increases often come from brokers and distributors after crops leave the farm.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
But today's deals have much stronger affordability checks and do not pose the same risks, says David Hollingworth, associate director at brokers L&C Mortgages.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Video captured pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, who were seen asking for $300,000 for their help, saying they worked with influencers close to Trump who would advocate for their cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
One scrolled newswires, another showed moment-to-moment movements inside their portfolio, the other three scrolled Danny’s conversations with maybe forty Wall Street brokers and fellow investors.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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The creation of the editorial board was a compromise brokered among the coalition of state attorneys general.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Another advantage is that the interest earned is not automatically swept into a settlement account, as it is with some brokered CDs available.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Later in 2025, Oracle was part of an investor group that gained control of TikTok’s U.S. operations in a deal brokered by the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The US official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the truce was brokered by US and Qatari mediators, following talks with Israel and Iran.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
We survived the Holocaust because of the enormous risks Schindler took and the bribes and backroom deals he brokered to keep us, his Jewish workers, safe from the gas chambers of Auschwitz.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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Jesus was not brokering a deal between two powers.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
RXO is a large third-party logistics firm, or 3PL, brokering truck transportation, freight forwarding, and last-mile delivery for customers in an asset-light business model.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Pakistan’s role in brokering the weekend’s U.S.-Iran cease-fire talks reflects the extraordinary reset the country’s army chief, Asim Munir, has brought about in relations between Washington and Islamabad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
European leaders and the prime minister of Pakistan, which is brokering U.S.-Iran talks, warned that the operations could be putting the truce at risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
“But I have access to Madoc. I have access to Balekin. I’m our best shot at brokering a deal.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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