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Those Games then turned into the most financially successful in history, relying largely on private sponsorship to produce a $235 million profit that has sponsored youth sports in L.A. for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
At 11:30 p.m., just 40 minutes later, the family boarded a private aircraft operated by Baires Fly, with Guayaquil, Ecuador, listed as its destination on the flight plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The candidate made millions after selling his funeral home businesses to a private equity firm.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Renfe is Spain's national state-owned railway company while Iryo is a private high-speed railway operator.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Currently, Picnic’s mom is a private housekeeper, and she works in dozens of addresses across the county.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Taking a step back and looking at initial public offerings and public equity markets versus privates, I think it’s fair to say that somewhere along the line, we’ve lost our way.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
What, Henry asks, “have kings, that privates have not too, save ceremony, save general ceremony?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Aircraft engineers can get £30,000 if they sign up for a further three years, with privates and lance corporals eligible for £8,000 for four years.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
They’re going to put aspartame in this possibly-causing-cancer category, along with, oh, putting talcum powder on your privates, or working in a dry cleaner.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2023
One day he told Johnny that he had a contract with a farmer from Medway who was making a business of buying muskets from the British privates and selling them to Minute Men.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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