How to Use dealing in a Sentence
dealing
noun- There were reports of shady dealings between the two sides.
- He has a reputation for fair dealing.
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Popular dissent focused on the self-dealing of the ruling government, which had been a target of street protests for months.
— Myung J. Chun, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 -
Bates has promised to crack down on drug dealing and gun possession, and plans to seek mandatory prison sentences for people convicted on gun charges.
— Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2022 -
Last Friday, bank-to-bank dealing in the overnight repurchase agreement market hit a record of more than $900 billion.
— William Pesek, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 -
No officers were injured during the arrest, and a search of the limo revealed methamphetamine and other items consistent with drug dealing, police said.
— Stepheny Price, Fox News, 19 Sep. 2024 -
Other lawmakers have real estate dealings with a lobbyist.
— Alex Walters and Jack Armstrong, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024 -
The grassy expanse with a recreation center, basketball courts and baseball diamonds has been known as a location where drug dealing and violence happen.
— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022 -
The drug charges were later dismissed after Bishop's attorney argued police did not have a search warrant to look for evidence of drug dealing when the drugs were found.
— Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 15 Sep. 2022 -
For their part, a few board members showed their own memory of history, alluding to the allegations of self-dealing that were made about Locke’s father and his golf course.
— Carson Kessler, ProPublica, 25 July 2022 -
Canepa also contends that as a family, the Wagners committed crimes including arson, drug dealing and theft.
— Chris Graves, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022 -
SoMa, in particular, is one of the city neighborhoods most impacted by rampant public drug dealing and overdose deaths largely driven by fentanyl.
— J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Aug. 2022 -
Hsu said Gold Apollo had encountered at least one anomaly in its dealings with the Hungarian company, citing a wire transfer that took a long time to clear.
— Wayne Chang, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024 -
The area has long been a hot spot for open air drug dealing and drug use.
— Vincent Hill, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024 -
Since then, federal prosecutors have linked the gang to at least 15 murders, drug dealing, contraband smuggling schemes, arsons, robberies and extortion plots.
— Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024 -
One was about the homicide, and the other was about drug dealing.
— Rekha Tenjarla, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022 -
The store is across the street from U.N. Plaza, where drug dealing and use are commonplace.
— Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023 -
But, all of that wheeling and dealing would be for nothing.
— Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024 -
Jack Nunge's dealing with a cut on his face and he's been forced to check out of the game until Xavier can get the bleeding to stop.
— Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2023 -
The idea that Joe Biden knew nothing about the business dealings is falling apart.
— Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2023 -
But the document raised new questions about the men’s dealings.
— Jake Bleiberg and Paul J. Weber, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023 -
With all the backroom dealing, McCarthy may secure the job title, but not the job.
— James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023 -
In fact, the Chargers don’t do a lot of wheeling and dealing, period.
— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022 -
A lot of world leaders want to have some sort of dealings with Putin, to reach agreements, to conduct some business with him.
— Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024 -
Along the way, there was some indication that the F.B.I. was aware of his dealings with the Albanians.
— William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023 -
As for the bankers’ own views of their dealings with Trump, testimony was often oblique.
— Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023 -
Dream’s founder, Richard Berlin, declined my requests to comment on the record about his dealings with Madruga.
— Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023 -
But phones are also used to carry out drug dealing and other crimes.
— Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023 -
The city's Tenderloin neighborhood is rife with open-air drug use and dealing.
— Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 15 June 2023 -
Fakir looked the part of a star but was gracious and down to earth, happy to chat with fans and sign autographs in his day-to-day dealings at grocery stores, banks and the like.
— Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024
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