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Despite the dangers, influencers with hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram or TikTok promote private clinics or beauty salons that experts say are dubious.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Even after making her real accounts private, Weston continued posting older photographs and AI-edited images, the court heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Meanwhile, Beijing approved a large increase in July fuel exports, partially unwinding restrictions imposed in March by allowing private refiners to resume shipments, according to commodities data and analytics firm Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Let me quote the old drinking song of the private Uplifters Club in the Pacific Palisades: “Yes it’s oil, oil, oil that makes L.A. boil.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
They didn’t have to rely on the main roads, either; their loggers knew the network of private roads they’d built through the trees.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Taking a step back and looking at initial public offerings and public equity markets versus privates, I think it’s fair to say that somewhere along the line, we’ve lost our way.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
What, Henry asks, “have kings, that privates have not too, save ceremony, save general ceremony?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Zelensky said those Ukrainians released included 82 privates and sergeants and 21 officers from the armed forces, national guard, border guards, and police.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, said the released servicemen included two officers, sergeants and privates who fought in different parts of the front.
From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023
After two privates had carried the Lady down, and she was propped up on her pillows so she could look out the window, Madam called me upstairs.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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