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Loan sharks would be "thrilled at the prospect", she told BBC News, with younger people or those who had repayment issues in the past among those more likely to be rejected.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

In this case the bet is on the distant prospect that government approvals would eventually make the project real.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

He had been in Boy Scouts and had an appetite for adventure, but it was the prospect of having his college paid for that sealed the deal.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Neil Sun, a portfolio manager at RBC Global Asset Management, said his team has been looking recently for opportunities in investment-grade corporate bonds, given the prospect of an AI supply overhang and wider spreads.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

And Jo’s eyes went slowly round the room, brightening as they looked, for the prospect was a pleasant one.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

With such dire prospects, the Rohingyas' only hope is to get out to another country.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The prospects are better farther out, with a 44% chance of forever DST by Jan. 1, 2028, and a 54% chance by Jan. 1, 2029.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Andriesz spotted correspondence, external where Epstein had directly asked the HWL account: "what do you think the prospects for adfin are?"

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

With this new phase of the war, the prospects for a quick win or an enduring peace have faded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

But the zoos’ rigorous selection of California condors shows no prospects of yielding an economically useful product.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 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

We prospected for a few days, but could find no gold, although there were a good many good, paying claims belonging to other men.

From A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer by Bailey, Washington

It followed the Palin family engaging in activities such as fishing, prospecting for gold and camping in the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

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

Once, when Blanchard was out prospecting with friends, they found old buttons from Levi’s jeans dating back to the mid-1800s.

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

Tex John Smith was presumed to be prospecting for gold somewhere in Alaska—though lawmen, despite great effort, had been unable to locate him.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote