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The 66-year-old was known for creating a highly-coveted coin amulet.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Maduro launched a state-backed coin called the Petro in 2018 that failed to gain traction, but other tokens have thrived there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Or maybe the two of them will just team up and flip a coin and decide who's first."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The initial reference price of around $37 rose to a peak north of $222 a coin just minutes after trading began.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
They showed employees the hollow coin, hoping for clues to its origin.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Since 2021 Venmo has offered crypto trading—allowing users to buy bitcoin and other coins with their balances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
When you join, you hatch a pet bird, and as you complete real-life tasks, your Finch is rewarded with rainbow coins that can be spent on outfits and furniture.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
After Sol’s business partner died of a heart attack while sitting at his Chrysler Building desk, he and his partner’s son flipped coins to divvy up envelopes with dozens of properties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Royal Mint has launched new collectable 50p coins to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek on television screens.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Sailors could insert coins or bronze mirrors into these holes as part of their prayers for a safe voyage.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
About 100 years after the meal spanning weekend mornings and afternoons first gained popularity in America, brunch—a portmanteau originally coined in England in the late 19th century—has by no means disappeared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
One luxury that the girls shared was a camera, and they were snapping selfies before the word was even coined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
I coined the phrase “bond vigilantes” in July 1983.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The definition of autism has shifted and evolved since it was coined in 1911.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Event-driven investing: That was the name they either coined or stole for what they were doing.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
In 2019, Trump praised the CEO for Apple’s domestic investments, accidentally coining the nickname “Tim Apple” in the process.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Canadian psychoanalyst and management consultant Elliott Jaques is often credited with coining the term “midlife crisis” in 1965.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Our fans’ love for McDonald’s beverages runs deep, from rallying for the return of Hi-C Orange Lavaburst to coining the iconic ‘Spicy Sprite,’” McDonald’s said in a statement to Barron’s.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Much of the deadpan dialogue was improvised and the film became a cult classic, coining phrases such as "turn it up to eleven".
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
He checked the bolt on his door and wondered when his mother would be coining home.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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