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It only takes one bad apple to put a serious dent in a person’s finances, and that person is often someone the elderly person is dependent upon.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
The former MP acknowledged that would mean some young people losing out on benefits, arguing the system should focus on helping people into work rather than keeping them dependent on welfare.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
But if relentless missile strikes lead to a humanitarian crisis and bring Ukraine’s economy to a standstill, they could leave the country evermore dependent on European financing to cover the rising cost of the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Rather than being entirely dependent on water delivered from elsewhere in the solar system, the growing planet may have possessed the ingredients needed to manufacture water through its own chemical reactions.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
Furthermore, by not being dependent on any single kind of food, they were less liable to suffer when one particular food source failed.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
There was just one hitch: The law applied only to employees of fully insured large companies plus CalPERS — potentially reaching roughly 9 million Californians, including workers, spouses and dependents, according to a legislative analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
During the Covid pandemic, Congress approved payouts to income-eligible tax filers and their dependents only, a narrower approach that would lower the cost further.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Created in the early 1990s, private-placement life insurance takes advantage of tax-code provisions intended to encourage people to provide for their dependents using life insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Social Security Disability Insurance program, meanwhile, provides cash benefits to disabled workers and their eligible dependents.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Yeah, Dad, the Marine Corps spares no expense on those I.D. photographs. It must cost them at least a nickel for every million dependents they take pictures of,” Ben said.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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