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prospect

[pros-pekt] / ˈprɒs pɛkt /




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Prices show little prospect of falling further as escalation in the Middle East dents chances of an imminent pickup in LNG flows from the Persian Gulf, ING analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

It now supplies more than 70% of Nigeria's energy consumption, and many Nigerians have expressed excitement at the prospect of owning a part of it.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Carney was asked Thursday about the prospect of Canada joining the EU and delivered what he termed a "non-answer," declining to rule out the idea or endorse it.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

The International Energy Agency said Friday that the continuing U.S.-Iran diplomatic impasse and renewed attacks in the Gulf and Bab al-Mandeb have pushed the prospect of a normalization in oil flows into next year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The sole grievance and alloy thus removed in the prospect of Harriet’s welfare, she was really in danger of becoming too happy for security.—What had she to wish for?

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

"There is no plan B" a former government adviser told me, so could a slowdown wreck future prospects here in Britain?

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

New Yorkers from all backgrounds flocked to his shop, asking questions about romantic prospects or their children’s futures.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

“Given that the Midwest is not a particularly strong market, not great job prospects for many people, I think it’s just notable that there’s outmigration to there,” Phillips said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

“Vance came away from some of his conversations with deep concerns about the overall strategy and the prospects for success,” the article says.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

“My prom prospects are so poor that Q’s grandma turned me down. She said she was waiting for Radar to ask her.”

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

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

So we prospected along it till we came here.

From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

The rise in clicks on his posts -- and the related increase in commissions he makes on sales of products he uses in his prospecting -- has generated a new income source for James.

From Barron's Nov. 2, 2025

But with gold prices reaching record highs, he’s taken up a new one: prospecting.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 13, 2025

Fergusson has been prospecting as a hobby for about a decade, and finally bought his own claim after searching around for five years.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2024

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

Soon after Thanksgiving, we deployed two reporters to go prospecting.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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