riches

Example Sentences

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She told True West Film Center that she was a “real rags to riches story” and was raised by a single mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

It has also co-opted the economy, so that Sudan’s many riches bankroll the belligerents even as most Sudanese are impoverished.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

After all, with the huge riches available to Premier League clubs through the massive broadcasting deals, surely it should be way ahead of the rest?

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Prospectors learned more than a century ago that there were riches buried under Texas, in the form of abundant oil and gas supplies.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

All this would be fine—an embarrassment of riches, to be sure; a tad too many treasures to be bestowed on a single human, certainly—if he were nice.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon