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By the 1870s, when he was in his 30s, he earned as much as a Paris doctor or lawyer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The latter would include expanding the child tax credit and earned income tax credit so they reach more low-income households.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Those wins are not small, and the people who did the work to make them real earned every bit of the joy.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner's Court was told George was a well-respected officer and earned the Queen's Medal for best cadet when he passed out from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Then he smiled and said, “Son, you’ve just earned yourself a lot of money. What are you going to do with all of it?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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