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In private, some negotiators are sceptical but reluctant to abandon a target seen as essential to driving the fastest possible cuts in planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions.
From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2026
The Barbados-based firm is the second-largest private oil company in Venezuela and will operate 100-year concessions for 17 oil fields with proven reserves of approximately 65 billion barrels.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
And besides, my Instagram and Facebook accounts are private and limited only to close friends and family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
“The FBI attributes this activity to the North Korean hacking group commonly referred to in the private sector as Sapphire Sleet, UNC1069, Stardust Chollima, APT38, and BlueNoroff,” the FBI said in a written statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
She always seemed to me to be a very private person, happy enough in her own silence.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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
Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, said the released servicemen included two officers, sergeants and privates who fought in different parts of the front.
From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023
One night I played at a ball held for privates, petty officers, and their camp followers in a factory once devoted to the rendering of fish-oil.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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