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founder

[foun-der] / ˈfaʊn dər /




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Kacie Carter, a nutritionist, chef and the founder of Honey Hi, a gluten-free breakfast and brunch spot in Echo Park, said, “I’m not of the mind that we should be ‘maxxing’ anything.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

With this account, however, you can “match” their earnings, said Catherine Valega, a certified financial planner and founder at Green Bee Advisory.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The founder of World Central Kitchen, Jose Andres, described the decision as "wrong" and "painful for all of us", demanding an independent commission to investigate.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Carolyn Carlson, Data-Clear’s president and founder, said she provided nationwide voting data to the bureau that year as part of a project to try and prevent an undercount of minority voters in the 2030 census.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

Actually the school was named after its founder, the aforementioned Agatha Swanburne, but in the interest of time Penelope let the error pass.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

The festival’s founders boast quite an industry lineage, having met on the set of a Sofia Coppola movie, where they were production assistants.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

“A lot of people exaggerate the 9-9-6,” he says, referring to founders who post online about working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

“Allow illiquid founders to pledge shares with a loan from the government to pay tax,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

One of the biggest mistakes aspiring founders make is waiting for everything to be perfect so Wong recommends following an "80-20 rule".

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

One by one the old women who had been founders of the town, several of whom had taken part in the daring crossing of the mountains, praised the virtues of General Moncada.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

After nearly a year of sailing, the ship struck a reef in heavy storms and foundered on May 21, 1832.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

Instead, they foundered in the breeze, squeezing out whatever bitter juice was left in a dirge that would prove to drag on for at least another week.

From Slate Feb. 23, 2026

McColl's firm invested £28m, replacing or renovating old buildings and installing new cranes, but that journey towards becoming a 21st Century shipyard foundered as construction of the big gas-powered ferries ran into the sand.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2025

The five living presidents who succeeded him, whose own Mideast peace efforts sometimes bore brief fruit but more often foundered, have all paid public tribute to him, in their own ways.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2025

Just after Lopsang disappeared down the Step, Hansen apparently ran out of oxygen and foundered.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

But by the time Polanco became a free agent last winter, his career was foundering.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 11, 2025

The unusually large, half-point rate reduction is expected to be the first in a series of cuts, aimed at helping keep the economy and the labor market from foundering.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2024

What’s more, in the Spy magazine era, Mr. Trump was just a local nuisance, a braggart presiding over a foundering casino-hotel empire.

From Salon Feb. 9, 2024

“The Shadow of a Doubt,” a full-length 1901 play that got close to a Broadway opening before foundering under murky circumstances.

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2023

His story turned out to be one of outstanding heroism: having remained aboard the foundering Athenia to minister to injured passengers and crew, he was the very last passenger to board a lifeboat.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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