Example Sentences
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But Shae only paid $434 out of pocket.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
“I want ammunition, too, but I wouldn’t come in and pick your pocket for it,” fumed local resident Lesa Butner, 61, a retired police officer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Growing up as the youngest of nine children in a cramped council flat in Kilburn, north London, from the age of eight she juggled schoolwork and part-time jobs to earn pocket money.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
If there was one pocket of weakness, it may have been on the expense side.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Mr. Haber dropped his hand from the door and slipped it in his pocket.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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