broker
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So far, efforts from the US and its allies to broker a peace deal have failed to deliver a breakthrough.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
He got a job as an actuary working for a life insurer and later became a sales agent and broker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“So we trimmed to 5.7” million pounds, the broker says of its annual production forecasts for FY28-FY30.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"China sees Cairo as a strategic power broker," said Salama.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
He'd helped to broker the Paris Agreement on climate change, brought tens of thousands of troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, and led the effort to effectively shut down Iran's nuclear program.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The property is up for sale, with brokers expecting it to fetch no more than $130 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hawala involves a network of trusted money brokers who can arrange for funds to be sent around the world without any electronic record or physical transport of bank notes.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The system involves an agreement between two brokers, known as hawaladars, in different locations.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The WSJ’s Jean Eaglesham writes that, after dipping on earlier hopes of a lasting ceasefire, rates have shot back up, brokers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Using word of mouth, brokers in Seoul offered “planned escapes.”
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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He recently brokered a deal for a maker of water treatment chemicals in Pittsburg, Calif., to sell hydrogen, one of its byproducts, to transit agencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Another advantage is that the interest earned is not automatically swept into a settlement account, as it is with some brokered CDs available.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
It brokered the two truces and threw its weight behind then junta chief Min Aung Hlaing when he mounted elections he touted as a return to civilian rule.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The US brokered a ceasefire deal between the Israeli and Lebanese governments on 16 April, but the conflict has continued since then.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Historians have emphasized the several compromises the delegates in Philadelphia brokered to produce the constitutional consensus: the interest of large versus small states; federal versus state jurisdiction; the sectional bargain over slavery.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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In 2022, she pulled off a diplomatic feat by brokering the Black Sea Grain Initiative between Moscow and Kyiv to allow grain exports following Russia's invasion.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Jesus was not brokering a deal between two powers.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 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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