charter
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The Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority shared on X that the group left Loisaba to travel to Ewasonyiro on a Eurocopter, EC130 B4, operated by the charter service company Lady Lori Helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
More formally known as judicial dissolution, the corporate death penalty basically happens when the government is so pissed off by the corruption or damage a corporation causes that it yanks away their charter.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The White House did not comment directly about the administration’s involvement with the World Liberty application to charter a bank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Lighthouse Island is protected by the bird observatory and can only be accessed on an approved charter boat.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
There is a new charter, they say, sent by the Virginia Company.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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The businesses tied to outdoor leisure that are expected to benefit include golf courses, outdoor entertainment venues and providers of fishing charters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Starting in the early 1990s, charters gradually took hold in L.A., persuading parents they offered an attractive education alternative, and they now enroll about 1 in 5 public school students living within L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Melvoin’s opponent is Ankur Patel, outreach director for Hindu University of America, who is critical of some charters but not as much as Rivas is, based on his survey responses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The energy shipping company’s defensive business model, anchored by long-term LNG and petroleum charters, could also support recurring cash flows and stable dividends amid geopolitical uncertainty, she adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Shelly said, “I’ve known Paine since back when he and Dusty used to fish charters out of Ted’s. He was always a gentleman—your daddy, 1 mean, not Dusty.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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The MS Ambition was previously chartered by the Scottish government to provide temporary housing for Ukrainian refugees on the River Clyde.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead, the chartered bank would be able to issue and manage cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Upon final approval, World Liberty Trust will operate as a federally chartered national trust bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Several buses have been chartered to transport elderly people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
He’ll take you to the plane I’ve chartered for you.”
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Vessels still are likely to encounter “port congestion,” as well as chartering and scheduling disruptions, said Sean Pribyl, a maritime attorney at Holland & Knight.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
The coalition he belongs to is chartering buses to bring protesters from across California for Monday's game and is hoping to have "40- to 50,000 people" around the stadium, he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
The Houston-based company plans to close its Mesa Gateway Airport operation in Arizona, which served as its hub for chartering deportation flights, on Jan. 27.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
The team has to coordinate between two airline partners, chartering a Boeing 757 from Delta and a Boeing 737-800 from United, to handle travel parties of sometimes more than 100 in all.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
So it was that he had joined in chartering a coach, and for the first time in a dozen years he had seen the foot-ball game.
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews
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