shoestring
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BATTAMBANG, Cambodia—Giving tiny loans to shoestring entrepreneurs was meant to be capitalism’s cure for global poverty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Corman, affectionately known as the “Pope of Pop Cinema,” was a god of low-budget horror, a maestro who could turn a shoestring budget into something glittering, gothic, and gloriously unhinged.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025
A subscription to the Proloquo speech app alone would cost $300 a year out-of-pocket — more than she can afford on her shoestring budget.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025
"It was all done on a shoestring budget," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
He was running the Department of Medicine on a shoestring.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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