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“They have the luxury, really, to set whatever terms of this institutional capital that they want,” Lyle Ayes, the founder of Verance Capital, told DealBook.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

“The Saudis didn’t change history or change who they were,” said Lyle Ayes, chief executive of Verance Capital, which invests in sports.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2023

Locals Ayes Cold, Vanniety Kills and Jacq Jill round out the bill at Washington’s best dance club.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2017

Ayes vs Noes After lunch on Tuesday, at about 1430 BST, the august figure of Sir Peter Tapsell MP will rise to his feet.

From BBC • May 17, 2010

It passed on April 3 by 20 ayes, 10 noes: Ayes, 12 Populists, 8 Republicans, no Democrat; noes, one Populist, 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted