charter
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Lighthouse Island is protected by the bird observatory and can only be accessed on an approved charter boat.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Garcha also must compete for students with independently operated charter schools and popular district magnet schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Private and charter schools are on the up in both academics and athletics, leaving places like Dorsey — that dominated for so long — behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
As Mr. Ogilvy writes, “now the abalone live in hatcheries, the sardines in tanks, the tuna in the fish holds of charter boats and gourmet custom cans.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Abbey and I hid nearby, on one of the deep-sea charter boats.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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Don’t forget that charters are public schools, open to everyone, with students accepted by lottery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The businesses tied to outdoor leisure that are expected to benefit include golf courses, outdoor entertainment venues and providers of fishing charters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The comparison with other charters is imperfect as well because other charters have an opt-in admissions process and tend to attract motivated families that research their options and seek out particular schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
In “Offa: King of the Mercians,” Rory Naismith attempts to fill out the picture by relying on comments from rival kingdoms and the material evidence of coins, charters and structures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“There’s two village charters within walking distance—I checked the directory on the Net—and the Central Academy is just a short drive.”
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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Coast Guard investigators are also determining whether the boat was illegally chartered.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
A recent Ukrainian drone attack hit four tankers, including one chartered by Chevron, in the Black Sea near Novorossiysk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Several buses have been chartered to transport elderly people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
“AI is known to give you answers you want,” said Ryan Marshall, a New York City-based chartered financial analyst.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
After the cremation, Mother chartered a boat and went out into the Atlantic.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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Vessels still are likely to encounter “port congestion,” as well as chartering and scheduling disruptions, said Sean Pribyl, a maritime attorney at Holland & Knight.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
The coalition he belongs to is chartering buses to bring protesters from across California for Monday's game and is hoping to have "40- to 50,000 people" around the stadium, he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
The Houston-based company plans to close its Mesa Gateway Airport operation in Arizona, which served as its hub for chartering deportation flights, on Jan. 27.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
For example, Epstein discusses chartering a plane from Scotland for the redacted user in the chat, and offers praise for their "Oxford speech".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
Formerly there was no way to go up the Nile except by chartering a boat, with a captain and crew for the voyage.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
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