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"You have insurance charges, floor charges, and various other levies that make production unsustainable," he told AFP, repeating allegations that contractors collude to keep prices low and "shortchange" producers.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

To be clear, we don’t want to shortchange our daughter just because the focus seems to be on the boys.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

But some economists and academics say that would shortchange taxpayers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

“If prosecutors limited themselves to following laws instead of leading on justice, it would shortchange both public safety and the fairness we seek in our criminal justice system,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

To make sure that workers at state farms do not shortchange the military, the army stations soldiers at all three thousand of them throughout the harvest season.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

The AI race is driving a wave of founder poaching and startup acquisitions, leaving some venture capital investors feeling shortchanged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The California Teachers Assn. quickly asserted that schools are being shortchanged, estimating that $3.9 billion is being withheld.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

In these kinds of situations where family and finance are mixed up, somebody always ends up feeling shortchanged, and no one will ever admit to being wrong.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 19, 2026

But it also reminds us that people who care keep those of us shortchanged by its promise limping along.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

I decide not even to complain about having my first paycheck withheld or the ways we’re shortchanged every day.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Many critics, including Barron’s, accused Michael Dell, 61, and his partners of shortchanging other investors when they took Dell private in a leveraged buyout in 2013.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

This rote response raises the question: Are investors who do this shortchanging themselves?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

However, plan details, doctors and drug coverage can change from year to year, and sticking with the same plan can end up shortchanging the beneficiary.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

He declined to speculate about why Bass fired Crowley, who publicly criticized the mayor days after the Palisades fire began for supposedly shortchanging her department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

“Nelson,” he said, “you are shortchanging me. You are giving Gaet-sewe more tobacco than me.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela