graft
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"I liked that the owners have a similar background to me - hard work, graft, underdogs nobody believed in - but they created a really successful business," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Some of these technocrats have been purged in the past two years amid a crackdown on graft in China’s military and defense industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Former culture minister Rachida Dati, a 60-year-old of Moroccan-Algerian origin who faces graft accusations she denies, wants to become the second woman mayor in a row.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Researchers estimate that more than two million people worldwide require bone graft procedures each year.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
All of the neighbors hoped that sudden wealth would not turn Kino’s head, would not make a rich man of him, would not graft onto him the evil limbs of greed and hatred and coldness.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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