greed
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These strategies are designed to offer aggressive investors a way to express views on potentially volatile market-moving events without paying an extraordinary fear or greed premium in the options market.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
“It is reprehensible that a state corrections officer can be seduced by greed and manipulated by others to commit such crimes that endanger the public,” Hochman said in the statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Prosecutors painted the picture of a privileged woman who was driven by greed and status.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Sentencing her, Judge Jason Taylor KC said: "Blinded by your greed you persistently and manipulatively pulled whatever lever you thought necessary to fund your extravagant lifestyle."
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The first is basic human greed and its close cousin, envy.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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