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broker

[broh-ker] / ˈbroʊ kər /


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A caller may be attempting to harvest your personal information, or they may be an aggressive marketer working for a broker that has purchased your contact details.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

A potential three-way dialogue on Chinese soil would mark a big step for Xi in his efforts to elevate China’s role as a diplomatic power broker, said analysts who study China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

"There's still going to be pressures," he said, but "if people are worried, the best thing they can do is talk to their lender or talk to a mortgage broker to understand their options".

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“It’s just a number,” Moran, a real-estate investor and broker who is now under contract on the property, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Richard was trying to meet with them, looking to broker a deal.”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

AI companies have the usual corporate suite of traditional insurance policies, such as general liability and cyber-insurance, brokers said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Tal and Oren once worked as successful real-estate brokers, and Alon worked at the family’s private security firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The club's power brokers ignored a clamour to bring in more striking support in the summer and instead reinforced Carrick's midfield.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Simon Andriesz, a former senior employee of BGC Partners - the international firm of financial brokers founded and run by Lutnick before his appointment by US President Donald Trump - died last month in Thailand.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

According to a London-based expert on the insurance industry, North Korea also exploited the geographical ignorance and political naivete of some reinsurers and their brokers.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

During the Covid pandemic, he brokered a partnership between federal researchers and more than a dozen pharmaceutical companies that helped produce effective vaccines in less than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

He recently brokered a deal for a maker of water treatment chemicals in Pittsburg, Calif., to sell hydrogen, one of its byproducts, to transit agencies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The AU, which brokered the agreement, has not issued a statement on the recent clashes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Instead, they act as a marketplace, giving customers access to brokered CDs issued by other banks and sold through their brokerage platforms.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 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

In 2022, she pulled off a diplomatic feat by brokering the Black Sea Grain Initiative between Moscow and Kyiv to allow grain exports following Russia's invasion.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Jesus was not brokering a deal between two powers.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

More recently, the Vatican played a pivotal role in brokering a diplomatic thaw between the U.S. and Cuba in 2014.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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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