bounty
Example Sentences
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JohnPaul LeCedre pressed Hipolito on his belief that the officers were bounty hunters even as they wore vests with the word “Police” on them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
A few months later, the Dutch National Cyber Security Center mailed him his bounty: a black T-shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Yet, beneath this statistical bounty lies more troubling arithmetic.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Oseguera was Mexico's most wanted man and was also sought by the United States, which had a $15 million bounty on him.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
After parking the department’s speedy beefed-up hovercar on the roof of the San Francisco Hall of Justice on Lombard Street, bounty hunter Rick Deckard, briefcase in hand, descended to Harry Bryant’s office.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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