large sum
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He may feel grief and even perhaps guilt as a result of inheriting a large sum of money from an individual who led a modest lifestyle herself.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
The caller—who shares your Yooper accent from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula—warns you that someone is trying to wire a large sum from your account, then requests your PIN to stop the transaction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Those offers can look tempting, especially when you’re sitting on a large sum.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
But by the early hours of the next morning, Luka had disappeared, taking a large sum of money with him from the office safe, Mahmoud said.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
When the grateful Athenians would have given him a large sum of money he refused and asked only that there should be friendship between Athens and his own home, Cnossus in Crete.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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