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Arguably, though, Thrive’s key moment came a few years earlier when Cutler called his friend Golden, who was still running Princeton’s endowment at the time, and urged him to meet with a talented young prospect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

But that prospect could prove difficult in the countries where migration is already a highly sensitive topic.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The prospect was much dimmer for next year, with just 0.3% growth projected - much lower than the OBR's 1.6% forecast for 2027.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Eventually, the yard’s tall treehouse and growing crowds each Halloween led to permit disputes and the prospect of criminal charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

He let the prospect hang there for a moment, then said, “Well, better keep moving.”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Omoto said the company has been working to sell assets in its power-generation business since its growth prospects are constrained by contractual obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In practice, prospects of hotter weather disrupting wide swathes of everyday life are not pulling stock prices back to Earth.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

But delaying withdrawals from your retirement accounts and actually declining a $42,000 bonus are two very different prospects.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Evans said it was "a significant challenge for us" which had "an impact on people's life prospects".

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Although I did not like his prospects against the plant-ogre, his brave actions had given me the chance to retreat.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Small fragments of the specimen were "prospected" using ultraviolet lights at night.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023

Bolsonaro’s father prospected for gold at Serra Pelada, where Dirceu first saw gold mining, and the president sometimes draws on his upbringing to rally support from prospectors.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2022

The coal for which Roy Karlsen prospected will, most likely, never be extracted.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2019

I've prospected, or looked for gold, in many places in this country.

From Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains by Frank V. Webster

The rise in clicks on his posts -- and the related increase in commissions he makes on sales of products he uses in his prospecting -- has generated a new income source for James.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025

In a more modern twist, there’s also social-media gold: the biggest YouTube accounts devoted to prospecting boast more than half a million followers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

Fergusson has been prospecting as a hobby for about a decade, and finally bought his own claim after searching around for five years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

That money's up to over $100 million today, but the point is that with all of the negotiations, all that prospecting, the guy that was bussing the table had the most money in the room.

From Salon ● May 18, 2024

He comes at last to a settlement, or perhaps is found by other prospecting men.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck