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Canadian mining company Sherritt plans to sell a controlling stake to Gillon Capital, a private family office linked to a financier who served in President Trump’s first administration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The private meetings, the coded language, the missing details.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Honestly, you are in your 60s at this point, and I don’t see your husband going through a miraculous change through marital or even private therapy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
He faced the vote after the Constitutional Court said he had breached the constitution by failing to repay public money used to upgrade his private home in KwaZulu-Natal.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“I love good news. Unless it’s private and you don’t want to share. But I love a reason to celebrate. Or hurl phones into the street.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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