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I have no financial safety net, no substantial savings and no real financial cushion.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Spending $210,000 of your cash would leave you with a $90,000 cushion.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

These are easy questions to ask from the comfort of a living room or the cushion of a theater seat, but much harder to answer when you’re living the life.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

The U.K. government will stay within its fiscal rules after new spending and tax measures announced Wednesday, although with a slightly reduced cushion against setbacks, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I wish I was going to have a fine time and wear all these nice things,” said Amy with her mouth full of pins, as she artistically replenished her sister’s cushion.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The name on the plaque outside the door is now Harding’s, but the decor — particularly the heavy Hollywood Bowl throw blanket that keeps sliding off the cushions behind him — is not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

To find out, they measured DHA concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid, the clear liquid that surrounds and cushions the brain and spinal cord.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Many bank commercial loans are often backed by collateral that cushions losses, including the lending they do to those lending funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

There were also camera shots with cushions blocking the view of Scott, and audio synchronisation problems.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He pretended the cushions were puppies in need of rescuing.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Could your super-tall cushioned running shoes be setting you up for injury?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

At a recent event in Houston, Chevron Chief Executive Mike Wirth warned that strategic reserves and other buffers that cushioned the effect of the Iran war in its early stages were now wearing thin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Right now, stocks have been cushioned from rising bond yields because earnings growth has offset the P/E multiple contraction caused by higher rates, while bond-market volatility has remained subdued.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

After she was in freefall for 10,000ft, Holly Wiffen "hit a tree which cushioned her landing" and survived.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Inés Pérdido was sitting up primly on the edge of a cushioned chair in the parlor area directly across from the dining room next to an older woman who looked a lot like her.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

The day prior, they filmed Rocky’s sprint along the harbor, which Ippolito still can’t believe Stallone did wearing ’70s-era Converse: flat-bottomed shoes that have no cushioning or support for running.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Potentially cushioning the recent blows is the fact that departing partners typically forfeit their share of profits at the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

People have different physiologies, exercise regimes and injury histories which might dictate not only level of cushioning, but also support, stability and heel-to-toe drop of the shoe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Nigeria's finance minister unveiled a raft of measures Thursday aimed at cushioning against energy shocks as the country prepares to go to the polls, including a petrol discount for public transport operators.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The radio came to life, cushioning the space between us with soft, bluesy jazz.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx