middleman

Muscat now finds itself caught between the wishes of Washington, and Tehran wants to maintain, above all else, its longstanding reputation as the region's discreet diplomatic middleman.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Before SpaceX went public, Kahlon made a fortune by acting as a middleman for investors hoping to add the rocket company to their portfolio.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

India has positioned itself as a global middleman for the creation, processing and annotation of AI data.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Moffett said that, in the old days, television channels didn’t have to worry about irking customers with rising costs, because that relationship was handled by a middleman — the cable companies.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

Working as a kind of headhunter, John became the middleman, finding the right skilled, trustworthy crews to do the jobs.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

Investigators say that scarcity has fuelled increasingly sophisticated paper-leak rackets, linking teachers, middlemen and exam-centre staff.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Chinese firms also bought banned Nvidia chips from middlemen who routed shipments through other countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“The old model of global health assistance was essentially an open-ended subsidy—dollars flowing to overpriced middlemen with minimal accountability and no exit strategy,” a State Department spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

The companies cutting out these middlemen will be eliminating over half of the current roles, the estimate said.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

Faced with the possibility of disrupting their favored position as middlemen, the Narragansett might think twice before staging an incursion.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann