vest
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She said she hoped the vest would give people a "better understanding of what women are going through".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
He wore a leather vest with a Russian tricolor, participated in the groups’ publicity stunts and met another boxing aficionado, Alexei Rubezhnoy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Some people still carry that information in a vest pocket.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
Garcia-Leys said the plates could not be “used for a crime” or any other purpose unless they were slotted into a vest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
But moments later a man in a bright orange vest appeared out of the cloud.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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Outside Sacramento, Calif., dozens of workers in yellow vests do stretches before going out to lay a continuous, five-mile-long fiber-optic cable under the city.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 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
I walk down the street and I see an alarming number of people wearing weighted walking vests now, which is so frightening that it requires me to catch my breath every now and again.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
"You feel exhausted, it's mostly mental fatigue," he said while standing next to a group of friends wearing orange vests and helmets.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The mangle turned of its own accord in a corner, wringing out what looked like one of Mr. Weasley’s vests.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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That’s insufficient under state law to support a vested mining interest — intending to mine there eventually isn’t enough, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
In July, the Lone Pine Canyon Protection Alliance and three longtime residents, including Falb’s mother, Michele, filed a petition in court calling for the county to reconsider the decision granting the vested mining rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Unauthorized distributions can disqualify a plan, causing severe financial consequences, including immediate income taxes and any applicable penalties for employees on their vested balances.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
He added that he was "arguably the first minister in the history of this state that is not beholden to one vested interest".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
She has no choice but to keep up the pace because she wants to get vested in the retirement plan at the hospital.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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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
Another 29 million shares await vesting milestones, one of which may have been triggered this month.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
According to ISS, another eyebrow-raising element was that the vast majority of Zaslav’s estimated compensation — over 94% — was being derived by the automatic acceleration of stock vesting and the excise tax gross-up payment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
The rationale for vesting awesome powers in a politically insulated central bank is that sage technocrats will make wise decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Father Bright forced his mind Heavenward and repeated silently the vesting prayers that his lips had formed meaninglessly, this time putting his full intentions behind them.
From The Eyes Have It by Randall Garrett
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