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The prospect of a recovery in Chinese demand, combined with constrained Gulf supplies, could significantly tighten the oil market in the near term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

In this case the bet is on the distant prospect that government approvals would eventually make the project real.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

He had been in Boy Scouts and had an appetite for adventure, but it was the prospect of having his college paid for that sealed the deal.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Neil Sun, a portfolio manager at RBC Global Asset Management, said his team has been looking recently for opportunities in investment-grade corporate bonds, given the prospect of an AI supply overhang and wider spreads.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

It is an intriguing question, and given Burr’s matchless skill at concealing his motives, covering his tracks, and destroying much of his private correspondence, unambiguous answers are not a realistic prospect.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Netflix on Thursday reported higher revenues and profit in the second quarter as it sought to assure investors about its growth prospects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

The prospects are better farther out, with a 44% chance of forever DST by Jan. 1, 2028, and a 54% chance by Jan. 1, 2029.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Andriesz spotted correspondence, external where Epstein had directly asked the HWL account: "what do you think the prospects for adfin are?"

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Gold futures slid more than 1% after fresh strikes between the U.S. and Iran sent oil prices higher, reviving concerns about inflation and prospects of tighter monetary policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The prospects for success were remote at best.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Small fragments of the specimen were "prospected" using ultraviolet lights at night.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023

Bolsonaro’s father prospected for gold at Serra Pelada, where Dirceu first saw gold mining, and the president sometimes draws on his upbringing to rally support from prospectors.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2022

Arctic Drilling ASA, a company owned by a local man, Roy Karlsen, prospected on a ring of mountains that surrounded a fjord.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2019

Miners prospected for gold and other minerals across Owyhee County starting in the 1860s, drilling into the hills of the Owyhee Front until World War II slowed the work to a standstill.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2018

“Well, I’ve pretty carefully prospected the interior of this animal,” said Frank, showing the now perfectly clean mummy.

From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.

In January, the government proposed opening 70 new blocs to prospecting, more than half of them in the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

Though “mine” implies tunnels, the prospecting at La Ciénega took place over a vast area — about 14,000 acres — largely near the surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

In a more modern twist, there’s also social-media gold: the biggest YouTube accounts devoted to prospecting boast more than half a million followers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

That money's up to over $100 million today, but the point is that with all of the negotiations, all that prospecting, the guy that was bussing the table had the most money in the room.

From Salon ● May 18, 2024

In 1898, prospecting led him to a nearly vacant trail crossing that the trappers called Edmonton, where he found that the soil was the perfect medium for making brick.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand