bureau
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Golding said that the sweep was simply a convenience afforded by a player’s father who works for the bureau.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The FBI reports that over 1 million Americans contacted the bureau last year to complain that they’d been targeted by online scams of one type or another.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
When contact is established, scammers work to build trust through flattery, shared personal experiences, romantic interest, fake testimonials and, yes, promises of love or money, the bureau adds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The bureau manages one of California’s two main water systems, including massive pumps that pull water from the Delta and send it flowing to farms and communities as far south as Bakersfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He was a gifted investigator, but he’d recently washed out of the bureau for failing to file reports and meet regulations.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Months later, he signed AB 238, a Harabedian bill that provided for 12 months of mortgage relief and banned late fees, foreclosures and negative reports to credit bureaus for homeowners who receive it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The company said it alerted the collection agency in question as well as the credit bureaus to the mistake.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Credit bureaus such as Equifax have recently said VantageScore adoption is gaining momentum, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Banks don’t typically report any credit information to the three credit-information bureaus — Experian, TransUnion and Equifax — until a user is 18, said Schulz.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
Our clients were multinational corporations, bureaus of foreign governments, individuals of resource and connection.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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Guests were seen hugging, making calls, texting friends and loved ones, and their news bureaux.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
It's recently been adding international bureaux, including a UK headquarters in Scotland.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2017
And for the first time in at least three years, British holidaymakers have found that a pound buys less than a euro at some bureaux de change.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2016
With little more premeditation than a gut sense of which bureaux were likely to be opening up soon, I blurted “Tokyo!”
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2016
The postmen, gardiens de bureaux, and sorters had their wages raised, very little, alas! for our receipts, considerably reduced, did not allow us to be very liberal.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
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