Example Sentences
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The winner of this year's men's FA Cup will pocket £2.1m in prize money.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Doses will start at at $25 a month for patients with insurance coverage and $149 for those who pay out of pocket.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
While I’m keeping the app option in my back pocket for later, we decided to go analog for our first budgeting rodeo by staring down our raw bank statements.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
In “Back to the Future,” Tolkan portrayed Vice Principal Gerald Strickland, who surveyed the school’s halls with a whistle around his neck and a tardy slip burning a hole in his pocket.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
“Seeing as you just told me to pull it from your pocket, I had an inkling,” he says flatly.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.