entrusted
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In this week’s episode: Tehran’s sanctions-busting oil trade entrusted billions of dollars to middlemen, and not all of it has come back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"His Majesty is the holder of wisdom… If I am entrusted with the responsibility of head of government, it will be a great honour," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Managements and boards are in the business of allocating the capital entrusted to them by shareholders,” Colas wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
In 1996, Lockyer entrusted Sher to serve on a joint Assembly-Senate conference committee that produced landmark legislation that sought to deregulate California’s electricity system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
So we decided to move them to the attic, and Peter was entrusted with the heavy lifting.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
