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Lastly, the law allows plans to include language permitting workers old enough to be subject to RMDs to skip them while working for the company sponsoring the plan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Alun Jones, an area warden for Eryri National Park Authority, urged those wanting to reach the trig point to be "considerate and don't skip the queue".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Other teachers got permission to skip it, so I requested a waiver.”
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
One may be rich and famous enough to skip the queue at a restaurant or Disneyland, but traffic cones and lane closures bow to no man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But soon they have climbed too high, causing my heart to skip.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
And Littler, who skipped the first 26 events on the circuit, is currently £16,750 behind 64th-placed Shane McGuirk.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
A different voter, Bennett Bracell of Charleston, had skipped a day of high school to drive up two hours for the rally.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
More than 20 players skipped football practice at Contreras in downtown Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Slovenian-born former model skipped a number of other major events including the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner on July 24, despite having attended the first version in April, which was disrupted by a gunman.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Or you’ve skipped ahead from someplace in the beginning and missed all the parts that explain me to you—from there to here.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
When I joked, “I didn’t realize I was communicating with the NSA,” without skipping a beat, he replied: “breaking news the fbi let a spy get shot 5 times!”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
I highly recommend skipping Google, skipping ChatGPT, and going straight to INeedAnA.com.”
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Mark Russell, chief executive of The Children's Society, said that parents were "going into debt over the summer holidays" and "skipping meals".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
After leading Ole Miss to the cusp of its first-ever playoff appearance, Kiffin left his employer in the lurch, skipping town for a rival job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
I’m not sure how it happens—do I reach for her? does she reach for me?—but next thing I know she’s in my arms and we’re waltzing, dipping, and skipping in front of the low-slung rope.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
