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As a child, Hall would spend about £1.99 of his pocket money on a new Pokémon card.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Be prepared to pay out of pocket: With most pet insurance, you pay the vet before seeking reimbursement from your insurer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Even if it takes the Clippers holding their nose and restocking, there are ways forward, and having the Raptors’ two first-rounders in their pocket will help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Keep your phone somewhere inconvenient or even mildly inaccessible: in your coat pocket, for instance, or your purse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Sitting cross-legged on the stall’s hay-covered floor, I pull the silver harmonica from my pocket.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
But some experts say they could also be a statement on which pockets of the AI hardware sector investors deem resilient.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Benn's travelling support was far more modest, with only pockets of British fans visible among the 18,855 crowd at T-Mobile Arena.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
The part of L.A where the city’s vastness, paradoxically, produces pockets of unusual intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Dropping to my knees, I started filling my pockets with small rocks.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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
The actual amount pocketed by the scam artists was far less.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 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
They locked up the phones and Jule pocketed the car keys.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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
In this case, Johnson is willing to post in exchange for equity in racehorses instead, pocketing money if the horses win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
I hurry upstairs to my closet, pocketing the keys Mother handed me.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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