middleman

"We want a fair investigation," she said, adding that anyone responsible - "whether a bureaucrat, employee, middleman or a big politician" - would face action.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The companies also coordinated off-exchange egg trades at premium prices, which were submitted to the middleman that tallies the benchmark price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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

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

“Unfortunately, I’m the middleman by default. You’re still pissed about what he said at Sal’s, huh?”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

However, gathering conclusive evidence would be difficult, especially if the Chinese companies conducted their distillation through overseas middlemen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Ga people became middlemen who traded with Europeans.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Church associations can aggregate and sell those goods in bulk, giving families better returns, reducing the power of middlemen and lowering costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

I had two middlemen working for me in my CD business, Sizwe and Tim.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah