peg

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Foden was tireless, but this was England's equivalent of an ill-fitting square peg in a round hole.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The brokerage raises the stock’s target price to 4.70 Singapore dollars from S$2.65 based on higher P/E peg multiple that partly reflects AEM’s strong earnings recovery cycle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Market estimates peg Venezuela’s current production at around 1 million bpd, with its peak having been somewhere around 3 million bpd in the 1990s.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

“Where we peg the dividend at a moment in time is something the board will take up in, I guess…in March. And there’s not a lot more I can add to that.”

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

She had to stand on her toes and reach up as high as she could with a walking-stick in order to hook the hat off the peg, and even then she only just made it.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl