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parachute

[par-uh-shoot] / ˈpær əˌʃut /




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"When I took the Middlesbrough job, I know there are clubs with bigger resources, parachute teams that can spend more money, that are teams with bigger squads than us," he said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

That amount “represents one of the highest golden parachute estimates ever observed,” investor advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services wrote in a report this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

She invented a reusable, waterproof diaper cover made first from a shower curtain and later from nylon parachute cloth, into which mothers could insert a cloth diaper pad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“Support for the golden parachute proposal is not warranted.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

I have the pearl, though, secured in a parachute with the spile and the medicine at my waist.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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