charter
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A national charter locks in rigorous permanent supervision by the OCC, which is exactly what Congress intended when it passed the Genius Act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The helicopter was operated by Lady Lori Kenya as a charter flight, and the cause of the crash hasn’t been determined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
More formally known as judicial dissolution, the corporate death penalty basically happens when the government is so pissed off by the corruption or damage a corporation causes that it yanks away their charter.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Multiple teacher/coaches at El Camino Real have been placed on administrative leave in the latest example of turmoil at the Woodland Hills charter school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Abbey and I hid nearby, on one of the deep-sea charter boats.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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Don’t forget that charters are public schools, open to everyone, with students accepted by lottery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The businesses tied to outdoor leisure that are expected to benefit include golf courses, outdoor entertainment venues and providers of fishing charters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The comparison with other charters is imperfect as well because other charters have an opt-in admissions process and tend to attract motivated families that research their options and seek out particular schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
But a few charters with less clear-cut cases were not so fortunate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Shelly said, “I’ve known Paine since back when he and Dusty used to fish charters out of Ted’s. He was always a gentleman—your daddy, 1 mean, not Dusty.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress to engage the public in protecting historic sites, says the ballroom project violates federal law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead, the chartered bank would be able to issue and manage cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Tens of thousands of foreigners have left the country, including Nigerians, many of whom boarded specially chartered repatriation flights.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Several buses have been chartered to transport elderly people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Perhaps it was the distance that separated the two schools and the fact that Permian, at a cost of $20,000 to the school district, had chartered a 737 jet to get to Marshall.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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Vessels still are likely to encounter “port congestion,” as well as chartering and scheduling disruptions, said Sean Pribyl, a maritime attorney at Holland & Knight.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
The coalition he belongs to is chartering buses to bring protesters from across California for Monday's game and is hoping to have "40- to 50,000 people" around the stadium, he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Prices in both regions surged this week, along with the cost of chartering tankers to move the gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
For example, Epstein discusses chartering a plane from Scotland for the redacted user in the chat, and offers praise for their "Oxford speech".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
So it was that he had joined in chartering a coach, and for the first time in a dozen years he had seen the foot-ball game.
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews
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