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egg

[eg] / ɛg /


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If the market drops just as you’re starting to withdraw money in retirement, it can put a real dent in your nest egg.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Those egg thingies with roe were so good.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

He highlighted that Murrell had doctored invoices for a £124,550 motorhome, a £3,070 robotic lawnmower and a £23.98 egg poacher to register them as legitimate business expenses.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The egg scrambler jokes he learned about one attendee’s extreme competitiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Junior looked so proud, I’d have thought he laid that egg himself.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney




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