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Moscow and Kyiv will broker a prisoner swap to secure their release, she said, and efforts are underway to rescue troops trapped in the plant.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2022

A “private treaty sale” is a service whereby an auction house will broker a sale between vendor and buyer discreetly, outside the relatively public auction schedule.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2020

It is Chen who has so far been the mouthpiece for defending Moonves’s reputation, and it may be she who will broker a future rehabilitation campaign.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2018

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump chief of staff John Kelly will broker the meeting between congressional leaders and the FBI, Justice Department and office of the Director of National Intelligence.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2018

One common theory is that without American soldiers, the violence will subside, and Afghan forces and their foes will broker local arrangements.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2011