shortchange
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"You have insurance charges, floor charges, and various other levies that make production unsustainable," he told AFP, repeating allegations that contractors collude to keep prices low and "shortchange" producers.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
To be clear, we don’t want to shortchange our daughter just because the focus seems to be on the boys.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
But some economists and academics say that would shortchange taxpayers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
He said he didn’t intend to shortchange workers and was working on rectifying the issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
To make sure that workers at state farms do not shortchange the military, the army stations soldiers at all three thousand of them throughout the harvest season.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
The money poured in, leading to resentment among cohorts who felt they’d been shortchanged, none more so than Bob Gimlin, Patterson’s wingman in the field during the infamous shoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
In these kinds of situations where family and finance are mixed up, somebody always ends up feeling shortchanged, and no one will ever admit to being wrong.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 19, 2026
But it also reminds us that people who care keep those of us shortchanged by its promise limping along.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
Fans were also left feeling shortchanged after the 38-year-old's set featured just three special guests - Popcaan, Rema and Vybz Kartel.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
I decide not even to complain about having my first paycheck withheld or the ways we’re shortchanged every day.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Many critics, including Barron’s, accused Michael Dell, 61, and his partners of shortchanging other investors when they took Dell private in a leveraged buyout in 2013.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
This rote response raises the question: Are investors who do this shortchanging themselves?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
It is also unlikely to allay the emotional or financial shortchanging experienced by your stepsiblings.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
“Choosing to sit this one out is shortchanging our community at the time when we need the institution most.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
“Nelson,” he said, “you are shortchanging me. You are giving Gaet-sewe more tobacco than me.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
