pet project
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In 2023, Catapult Chief Executive Koch — the daughter of billionaire industrialist and businessman Charles Koch — launched another pet project in 2021, Unlikely Collaborators, a nonprofit storytelling and experiential organization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Our club should not be guinea pigs for their pet project.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
They’re people with enough money to buy a company outright just because they want a pet project.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
These are the new version of high scores, in a multibillion-dollar industry that started with one student’s pet project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
That is one pet project of the Reverend’s: getting other Baptists to swallow the Apocrypha.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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