charter
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The White House did not comment directly about the administration’s involvement with the World Liberty application to charter a bank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
As a public service corporation, the BBC operates under a royal charter that explicitly bars it from entering into out-of-court financial settlements to make litigation disappear.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Lighthouse Island is protected by the bird observatory and can only be accessed on an approved charter boat.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The charter will allow World Liberty to issue, redeem and safeguard USD1, the dollar-backed stablecoin that World Liberty launched last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Bloom went on to become a congressman and one of the crafters of the charter that founded the United Nations.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Still, Mr. Dais says he knows students who tried Success Academy and left, and he opposes lifting the state’s cap on the number of charters, even as he acknowledges their agility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
And anyone serious about increasing black and Hispanic enrollment might consider the record of high-performing charters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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
Starting in the early 1990s, charters gradually took hold in L.A., persuading parents they offered an attractive education alternative, and they now enroll about 1 in 5 public school students living within L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Shelly said, “I’ve known Paine since back when he and Dusty used to fish charters out of Ted’s. He was always a gentleman—your daddy, 1 mean, not Dusty.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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Instead, the chartered bank would be able to issue and manage cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Tens of thousands of foreigners have left the country, including Nigerians, many of whom boarded specially chartered repatriation flights.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Both belong to a subsidiary of China’s state-owned Cosco Shipping and are chartered by a trading arm of China’s Sinopec, according to financial data provider LSEG.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Several buses have been chartered to transport elderly people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Other chartered trains were coming from Kentucky, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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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
Prices in both regions surged this week, along with the cost of chartering tankers to move the gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
The team has to coordinate between two airline partners, chartering a Boeing 757 from Delta and a Boeing 737-800 from United, to handle travel parties of sometimes more than 100 in all.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Thither, on a cold, dark, wintry morning, Crouch and his young companion hastened immediately on their arrival at Waterloo, chartering the only taxi that was to be found at that early hour.
From Submarine U93 by Charles Gilson
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