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Most purely cosmetic surgery is paid for out of pocket, as Medicare generally doesn’t cover procedures performed solely for cosmetic purposes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
The 20-year-old has shown poise in the pocket, patience when going through progressions and ability to throw to receivers open anywhere on the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Almost immediately, though, the dispute landed somewhere more intimate: the map in everyone’s pocket.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
"He knows Apple Park like the back of his pocket in terms of hardware," Ives said of Ternus.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
He looks back to the truck and reaches into his pocket where I hear a jingle.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Joseph Adinolfi described how the use of leverage by investors to fund short-term trades has led to painful recent reversals in pockets of the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
A lifelong fan of the Jurassic Park movies, Suravech joked that his work lacks Hollywood's deep pockets.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
It said it was supporting schools with new guidance to take steps to bring down costs for individual items, while "keeping more money in the pockets of hardworking families".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
An El Niño shock wave is moving across pockets of the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Then he disappeared around the nearby building, his shoulder hunched, his hands shoved into his pockets.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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
He won gold in the 100m butterfly here back in 2014, while he pocketed a bronze in the 50m, but he got a gold in that on the Gold Coast in 2018.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
Since they weren’t, four health-insurance companies pocketed between $100 million to $500 million in claims they never had to pay.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
Sierra smiled, pocketed her phone, and started packing up her supplies.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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
Prosecutor Chris Paxton KC said the total monetary value of the fraud was £86,868 and that Bush had conned 226 people who paid him for funeral plans, pocketing more than £550,000 over an 11-year period.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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
He imagined himself as a dentist, removing that gold tooth, pocketing it, and refitting Mr. Trepid with something else, maybe something red, maybe plastic, shaped like a fang.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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