charter
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Gregory, 55, has been identified as the pilot of the plane, according to East Coast Jets, a private charter company where Gregory used to work.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
AFP has identified about 20 charter flights between San Salvador and Port-au-Prince between October 22-29, according to flight-tracking data on FlightRadar24 and AirNav Radar.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
“The church should have an investment committee and a charter that defines the committee’s roles and responsibilities,” Katz adds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
A San Francisco charter amendment that would have lowered the voting age fell short at the ballot in 2016 and again in 2020, when it lost by just 1.6% of the vote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
I finally had to make alternative arrangements and Kathy managed to locate someone to drive me to Bechuanaland, where I would charter a plane.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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How many charters do you go on personally?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 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
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
“We like renting charters a lot better,” I say quickly.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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Some US media, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, have reported that the plane was chartered by Jason Miller, an adviser to Trump.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
It also helps arrange travel by purchasing seats on commercial flights and reselling them, and in some cases has chartered aircraft.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Charities step in to help some people leave on chartered planes, as well as via long, excruciating journeys on overcrowded trains and buses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
"All service charge expenditure is audited by a firm of chartered certified accountants. A summary document detailing the residential expenditure is provided to each leaseholder by the managing agent."
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Duly Pilgrim got onto a chartered airplane in Ilium twenty-five years after that.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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Adnoc L&S reported record second-quarter profit despite conflict disrupting regional trade routes, buoyed by strong shipping rates, increased chartering activity and an expanded fleet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
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
Calculations about ships—the varying costs of handling a four-masted schooner and a barque, the advantages of chartering a small screw steamer; calculations of routes and cargoes, of many things, but always calculations. . . .
From Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
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