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So does this pledge suggest an element of panic that he pulled this policy out of his back pocket before many of his closest allies had been told about it?
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some people still carry that information in a vest pocket.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
Patrick Mahomes is coming off knee surgery, and Andy Reid will need to scheme around what he can’t do yet, mainly moving out of the pocket on bootlegs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Zaggle added a small leather heart to the pocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
So I fold up the piece of paper and put it back in my pocket.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
"But when we searched the North Koreans specifically, the only thing we found on them was simply ammo. We checked absolutely all the small pockets - there were no documents, nothing at all," he explained.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Drolma’s team begins packing the best matsutakes into Styrofoam crates, pinching little creased pockets in the packing paper to cushion each mushroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The part of L.A where the city’s vastness, paradoxically, produces pockets of unusual intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
There are pockets of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji where some even identify as descendants from one of the "Lost Tribes of Israel".
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“We had boots on, but after deeper pockets of hot ash we climbed on logs to cool our feet.”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
About 60% of retirees who move after retiring went to a more affordable area, and pocketed capital gains from their houses, according to a 2023 Vanguard study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Phra Wachirayan Wi, a former abbot at the prominent 14th-Century Wat Phutthaisawan in the ancient capital of Ayutthaya, allegedly pocketed donations meant for the temple on more than 20 occasions over two years.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
According to forms filed with the IRS, in 2023 she pocketed $907,923, a payout that included a $495,000 bonus, a number that exceeded her base pay at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
They also found that Ghaffar had breached his fiduciary duty by diverting an investment opportunity for himself, and pocketed more than $112,000 worth of American Express reward points tied to business expenses paid by Paulson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
She pocketed the ring but hadn’t even had the chance to pull up her hair before she sensed something was wrong.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Surveillance footage from that day shows Paxton spotting the pen and pocketing it swiftly.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
But with rebates flowing, counterparties are now suing some of these companies for pocketing those higher costs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Rather, they are doing arbitrage, such as buying a bond while selling an equivalent futures contract to another investor, pocketing the difference in price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The company argued attorneys were swindling their own clients, inflating medical bills of car crash victims to increase the value of the settlement and then pocketing a hefty chunk of the payouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Yeah, thanks for the heads-up on that,” Tori said, pocketing her phone.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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