broker
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According to insurance broker Marsh, insurers are becoming increasingly reluctant to underwrite voyages through the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"A hold is still welcome, but market expectations will need to ease back before we can hope for a return to lenders cutting rates," said David Hollingworth, from mortgage broker L&C.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
If you can navigate sites like StreetEasy and Zillow, you’ll easily be able to find “no-fee” apartments, or apartments that do not require you to go through a broker to rent.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Sandy Steers, former executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, helped broker the deal between the land trust and developers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Outside Seoul, I talked to a North Korean defector who had paid twelve thousand dollars to a broker to smuggle out her eleven-year-old son in 2002.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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KKR is benefiting in part because it was slower than competitors to sell private-credit funds to individuals through brokers and financial advisers, a strategy Blue Owl pioneered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Many of my friends have been in your exact situation, wondering if brokers still hold some power when it comes to renting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Borrowers had been heartened by the regular falls in mortgage rates during June and early July, but brokers say the latest changes are evidence of the uncertainty in the sector.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
In many ways, Tana was one of Hollywood’s quiet power brokers, earning influence through humility and respect rather than status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Their source for the sort of information that never gets broadcast or written down: rumors, the behavior of the sell-side brokers, the patterns on the screens.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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After Koroma was charged and placed under house arrest, Ecowas brokered a deal with the government of Sierra Leone, allowing the former president to go into exile in Nigeria and seek medical attention there.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
It became a leading producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas, thanks to international partnerships and investments that had been brokered.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Later in 2025, Oracle was part of an investor group that gained control of TikTok’s U.S. operations in a deal brokered by the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The US official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the truce was brokered by US and Qatari mediators, following talks with Israel and Iran.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The parade ended at Darling Stadium, the namesake of the oyster magnate whose creative entrepreneurship had brokered the land deal with the federal government for the Langley laboratory a half century before.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Jesus was not brokering a deal between two powers.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
RXO is a large third-party logistics firm, or 3PL, brokering truck transportation, freight forwarding, and last-mile delivery for customers in an asset-light business model.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
European leaders and the prime minister of Pakistan, which is brokering U.S.-Iran talks, warned that the operations could be putting the truce at risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Pakistan’s prominent role in brokering a two-week cease-fire between the U.S. and Israel and Iran places it in an unusual position: on the front line of international diplomacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
“But I have access to Madoc. I have access to Balekin. I’m our best shot at brokering a deal.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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