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businessman

[biz-nis-man] / ˈbɪz nɪsˌmæn /


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Rivera separately faces a federal case in Washington involving allegations that he received more than $5.5 million to lobby on behalf of a Venezuelan businessman targeted by US sanctions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

During an emotional penultimate episode of the current Ted Lasso's season, the show finished with a dedication to the Bath-based actor who formerly played wealthy businessman Rupert Mannion.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

An incident involving businessman and television personality Kevin O’Leary is the classic cautionary tale taught in journalism schools.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

“NABEP is increasing oil production for the Western Hemisphere, as promised,” said a spokesman for the company, which is led by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“A businessman has to protect himself. If anything happened, he was finished. And it happened. Go on.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

As The Times wrote, “hundreds of motion picture celebrities and wealthy society and businessmen and women in Palm Springs appealed to Los Angeles for aid.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Over the weekend, Reform announced that it had received two donations of £36m each from wealthy businessmen Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, who are both British but have until recently lived abroad.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

British-born businessmen Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne said they each gave £36 million, equivalent to $48.7 million, to Reform UK to help professionalize the upstart party ahead of the next general election expected by 2029.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

In Malta, home to 70,000 offshore companies and the headquarters of some of the world’s largest gambling groups, she wielded her pen against ministers and businessmen.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Whites who had fought so valiantly for the end of slavery now focused on their self-interest, patching things up with white southerners and courting northern businessmen.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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