dealings

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“It throws an air of respectability about five-dollar dealings that are sheer gambling,” the Inquirer wrote Sept. 25, 1878.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

"Realism means we must be pragmatic in our dealings with this US administration and focus on our core interests," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

The move comes as Shell faces scrutiny after his Paramount bosses hired a law firm to investigate his surreptitious dealings with Cipriani, a self-styled “fixer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

He noted that his email exchanges with Maxwell "took place over two decades ago, long before her horrific crimes came to light," and he never had any business dealings with Epstein.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The endless convolutions and frustrations of my previous dealings with the Erhenrang Government were melted away like an ice-pack in a flooding river.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin