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And credit-card companies are paying restaurants for blocks of early seats so they can offer coveted reservations as a perk for their cardholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The thud of a hammering Hulksmash rattles our seats; later, a cocked rifle is so crisp we perk up like a dog hearing the mailman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Reporters programmatically extracted compensation tables, footnotes and other explanations of perquisites mentioned in the filings and fed the results to an LLM which parsed the amount, type and beneficiary of each perk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Cars and drivers are typically pitched to shareholders as a security expense, not a chauffeuring perk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

They trade normal diurnal rhythms for the perk of having very little inmate contact—at night, all the inmates are locked in their cells.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

And that efficiency underscores the opportunity for long-term investors when the housing market perks up.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

And many a Toluca Lake resident enjoys some theme park perks courtesy of Universal, such as free parking, and invites to preopening events at the park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Based on the trend at other airlines, we’ll see how long these perks last.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

“It feels like the benefits and the perks that we have enjoyed for a long time keep vanishing,” said Todd Stubbler, a 61-year-old pageant helper who has worked at Disneyland for close to 35 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

He perks his head up and pushes his black hair from his eyes.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman