bounty
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At times Iran’s regime has put a bounty on his head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
If El-Sayed makes it to Capitol Hill, the win will represent, by far, Piker’s most impressive bounty yet.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
All told, The Beatles and their magisterial producer George Martin loosed 16 amazing new songs into the world in August 1966, an incredible bounty, by any measure.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Along the way she teams up with Ruthye Marye Knoll, played by Ridley, and bounty hunter Lobo, played by Jason Momoa.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
There’d been no sign of it since that one winter’s day; bounty hunters no doubt had dispatched it, as they had most of the wolves in this part of the country.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
He never saw protection of domestic manufacturing as a long-term policy but rather insisted that “continuance of bounties on manufactures long established must almost always be of questionable policy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"The bounties offered approximately £100,000 for information leading to identifying the person's whereabouts or their capture," Atkinson said.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
It’s a treasure trove, and like all such bounties, it makes one wish for more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
Come dinnertime at 5 p.m., its menu shifts to family-style meals, featuring a large seafood lineup with bounties from its live fish tanks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
As late as 1890, New York State paid bounties on 107 mountain lions, but within a decade they were virtually all gone.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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