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venture

[ven-cher] / ˈvɛn tʃər /




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The special permit waives the Texas-based company’s compliance with a federal pipeline regulation and asserts that the federal agency has oversight of the oil venture.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Each is fitted with a tracker so they can easily be found if they venture beyond the Kynren site, with a peregrine falcon recently making an excursion to Spennymoor.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Razavi is part of a new generation of investors transforming venture capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Razavi and her colleagues at Spark, a venture firm founded over two decades ago, debated the investment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Anya didn’t want to venture closer to see what the splotches were.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

And while the Trumps have made out well, investors in some ventures have wound up big losers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

"I think this could be a game-changer," Bernhard Kowatsch, head of WFP's global accelerator and ventures innovation division, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Airbnb executives say they hope to make deeper inroads with such tech and have various ventures in the works.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

A robust banking system and wide availability of nonbank financing helped funnel capital to startups and other ventures, allowing them to sustain losses for longer periods as their businesses matured.

From MarketWatch Jun. 28, 2026

Desdemona knows she should keep going out the back door, but she has nothing to lose now, and so ventures toward the front.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

His podcast appearances often ventured into topics such as trust, incentives, wealth creation and human behaviour.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

For hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs appeared and long before vertebrates ventured onto land, millipedes were already thriving on Earth's surface.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

Intent on keeping the band’s image clean, and fearful of his own exposure, Epstein ventured to some dark places, metaphorical and otherwise, leaving himself open to blackmail.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Beckham, who was knighted by Britain's King Charles III last year, also ventured into the entertainment industry, co-founding the content production company Studio 99 in 2019.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

“You were about to let us go,” Hazel ventured.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

But she added: "Dangote is a very credible business person. And I don't think that he would be venturing down this road if there was absolutely no opportunity."

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

You may also experience the discomfort that comes with venturing far afield from what you’ve taken for granted in the U.S.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Hasley hailed from Pittsburgh and played university football before venturing to Hollywood to pursue his dreams as a writer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Still, he said he was pleased that his 5-year-old daughter would soon enroll in the charity-funded complex instead of venturing into the wild to gather fruit and hunt birds.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

Now they swooped near, venturing almost within bowshot of the walls, now they circled away.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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