prospect

It was a daunting prospect for the Chinese Communist Party when it took control in 1949.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

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

With such dire prospects, the Rohingyas' only hope is to get out to another country.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

That’s feeding a disconnect between what the labor market looks like on paper and how many Americans are feeling about their job prospects.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

With this new phase of the war, the prospects for a quick win or an enduring peace have faded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

“And the new prospects have arrived,” Freddie said.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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

Britain prospected Peruvian bark trees and grew them in India, having first transplanted them to Kew, one of many botanical gardens that served as a center for medical and colonial botany.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 13, 2018

One had prospected east of the Runaway, and the other west.

From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.

By covering more ground in less time, they could improve both resource prospecting and the search for signs of past life.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 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

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

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

Besides that I have not given up prospecting.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote