prospect
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Prices show little prospect of falling further as escalation in the Middle East dents chances of an imminent pickup in LNG flows from the Persian Gulf, ING analysts write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Now they face that challenge in quick succession, starting with prospect of current Nations League holders Portugal.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Treasury yields lost steam after reaching multiyear highs on Monday as investors grapple with the prospect of rising borrowing costs amid volatility in energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Carney was asked Thursday about the prospect of Canada joining the EU and delivered what he termed a "non-answer," declining to rule out the idea or endorse it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Perhaps just as important, Stalin and his compatriots found the prospect of “shattering” and “retraining” genes via shock therapy satisfying ideologically.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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What are the prospects for rookies coming into Formula 1 next year?
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
But I’m highly dubious of his presidential prospects nonetheless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Investors may remain focused on IHH’s volume growth, margins, capacity expansion and earnings prospects across core markets, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Vance came away from some of his conversations with deep concerns about the overall strategy and the prospects for success,” the article says.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
But the prospects for immediate hard results were not good.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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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
Britain prospected Peruvian bark trees and grew them in India, having first transplanted them to Kew, one of many botanical gardens that served as a center for medical and colonial botany.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 13, 2018
“If you like to buy it for the money, well; if not, I will have it prospected, and then I will sell it for what it will bring.”
From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Dalrymple J. Belgrave
Though “mine” implies tunnels, the prospecting at La Ciénega took place over a vast area — about 14,000 acres — largely near the surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
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 Sacramento, Cody Blanchard, 35, had been gold-hunting for several years in Northern California before starting his own business selling equipment and offering prospecting tours last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
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 told the FBI that he had just returned from Mexico, where he'd been prospecting for gold.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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