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So if you’re stuck, consider picking up shifts at a local bar, restaurant, hotel or retailer in the meantime to put money in your pocket and avoid gaps in your résumé.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Even so, he calculated, “Covered CA enrollees are paying 36% higher net premiums on average this year, along with a 17% average increase in out of pocket costs.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
“It’s not burning a hole in our pocket at all,” Dimon said of the firm’s capital.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Whether India surpasses last year's $18bn figure remains uncertain because of the current "geopolitical air pocket", says Abrol of Grant Thornton.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Now with a child on each knee and ten more crowded close, he drew from another pocket his heavy cross-shaped winding key, each of the four ends shaped for a different size clock.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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