prospect
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His longtime girlfriend had just broken up with him, his teammates were mocking him behind his back and, at 23, he had crossed the line from prospect to liability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The film stars James Rottger and Elle Watson as Cameron and Eilidh - mismatched flatmates who face the prospect of parenthood after a one-night stand.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Those with tickets for Saturday must have thought the prospect of seeing any play was remote when Pakistan offered a meek surrender on day one.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The continuing impasse in negotiations between the United States and Iran delays the prospect of a normalisation of flows into next year,” it said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
No one was more upset at the prospect of a police strike than Boston’s mayor, Andrew J. Peters.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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"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
He oversaw the Heat’s scouting department and evaluation of draft, professional and G League prospects.
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
At lunch, the girls take it upon themselves to discuss and evaluate the fifty million guys they apparently think are boyfriend prospects for me.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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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
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
Then Mashonaland was prospected, and forts built and roads were made, and the telegraph was carried on to Salisbury, giving connection with the Cape.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane
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 Sacramento, Cody Blanchard, 35, had been gold-hunting for several years in Northern California before starting his own business selling equipment and offering prospecting tours last year.
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
An old sign was propped against the wall: gold prospecting supplies.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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