pegged

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The award for actress was shared by Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, co-stars of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden,” a movie pegged by many to potentially go all the way.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Jefferies pegged the selling pressure for Amazon based on the expected recalculation to be around $8.6 billion.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Media reports have pegged the expected initial valuation at around $2 trillion.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

A report last year from the Empire Center pegged average total pay at the railroad at nearly $122,000 in 2024, roughly 75% above the average U.S. wage calculated by the Social Security Administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“Actually, not really. I had the boy pegged as a train wreck. But considering how odd he is, and how sheltered his life has been, things could be a lot worse.”

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman