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
“If prosecutors limited themselves to following laws instead of leading on justice, it would shortchange both public safety and the fairness we seek in our criminal justice system,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
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
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
He said diners don’t want to be shortchanged, particularly when consumers are pushing back on rising restaurant checks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
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
Along with the distinctive doors, the vehicle was skinned with stainless steel—like today’s Tesla Cybertruck—because DeLorean thought Detroit was shortchanging customers with vehicles that would rust too quickly, Stone says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
However, plan details, doctors and drug coverage can change from year to year, and sticking with the same plan can end up shortchanging the beneficiary.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
He declined to speculate about why Bass fired Crowley, who publicly criticized the mayor days after the Palisades fire began for supposedly shortchanging her department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
“Nelson,” he said, “you are shortchanging me. You are giving Gaet-sewe more tobacco than me.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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