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middleman

[mid-l-man] / ˈmɪd lˌmæn /


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A sting by the News of the World newspaper paid a middleman - cricket agent Mazhar Majeed - for details of three no-balls.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

In a report, the analyst notes a prevalent theme weighing on ecommerce sentiment this year has been of fears of cutting out the middleman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Regretting using a middleman for a courier service, however opportunistic you believe the company to be, is not — on the face of it — a good enough reason to cancel the charge.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Before SpaceX went public, Kahlon made a fortune by acting as a middleman for investors hoping to add the rocket company to their portfolio.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

Working as a kind of headhunter, John became the middleman, finding the right skilled, trustworthy crews to do the jobs.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

But soon, middlemen from all over the country flooded the market, says Drolma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

However, gathering conclusive evidence would be difficult, especially if the Chinese companies conducted their distillation through overseas middlemen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Ga people became middlemen who traded with Europeans.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Investigators say that scarcity has fuelled increasingly sophisticated paper-leak rackets, linking teachers, middlemen and exam-centre staff.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

That’s when I got two middlemen of my own, my friend Tim, who went to Northview, and my friend Sizwe, who lived in Alex.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah


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