vest
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But prosecutors argued it was an element of a bulletproof vest, even though officers didn’t find a body armor plate carrier when they searched his car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Bobby Pulido, in brown vest and white cowboy hat, upper left, takes a photo with rallygoers after speaking on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
At his wedding he stood with ramrod military posture as guests scrawled wishes on his vest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In the 1980s, the most iconic look in the National Football League belonged to a cigar chomping man in a Chicago Bears sweater vest named Mike Ditka.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“His office is right here, sir,” the woman said, looking over the top of her reading glasses and inspecting Daddy’s medium-gray three-button blazer and matching vest, charcoal-colored tie, and brown leather church shoes.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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That followed remarks by Le Pen in which she suggested that the outlet's journalists should wear "a Kevlar suit" -- a reference to the material used in bulletproof vests.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Coppélia Moreau, a student organizer at Nanterre University, said yellow vests and students are united in denouncing bleak prospects for the country’s youth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Two officers wearing green vests marked “ICE” stood outside his vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"We were running around with these Farmers' Choir vests, and he spotted us and he stopped and talked to us," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He bought us cowboy hats and fringed vests, and we ate chicken-fried steaks in restaurants with ice-cold air-conditioning and a miniature jukebox at each table.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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Actors 65 years and older who vested their pensions could no longer count their earnings from residuals in the annual threshold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
You know the club has a vested interest in holding the player's value and the fact you have to portray positivity to protect that is sometimes unbelievably difficult.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
During the six months ended July 26, Nvidia paid $4.5 billion of cash withholding taxes when employee shares vested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The proposal -- echoing the restaurant shorthand "86" for an item that is off the menu -- pits zealous reformers against vested interests, with an electorate knowing little about the issue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
If you won't take my word for it and have no vested interest in broadening your worldview, here's the most important takeaway: Iran is not pronounced i-RAN; it's pronounced e-RON.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Lenat’s team was wary of the pitfalls of vesting their machine with human attributes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Another 29 million shares await vesting milestones, one of which may have been triggered this month.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Restricted stock units, or RSUs, are granted shares of company stock that officially belong to you only after a set waiting period, known as a vesting schedule.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
On top of that, some startups have gotten rid of vesting cliffs altogether, meaning an employee owns his or her shares from the moment they start working for the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
In vesting, the gloves are put on the bishop immediately after the dalmatic, the right hand one by the deacon, the other by the subdeacon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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