wad
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What active trader hasn’t fantasized about stepping out of their time-traveling DeLorean in October 1929, 1987 or 2007 with a wad of cash?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
She said: "So they gave me a wad of leaflets, and then goodbye, shook hands and went out through the door. Well, I was dumbfounded actually."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Mr Florez alleged that later, to "make it go away", Mr Combs tried to hand him a wad of cash, but he declined.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
These commitments are important, as they give Kennedy something to wad up and christen his wastebasket with when he steps into his new office.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2025
Whenever I’m playing center field, I always keep a wad of seeds in my cheek and spit them at patches of grass, divots, pieces of paper, and dandelions.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
Half an hour before the auction begins, the better-heeled buyers—including Drolma—set up their scales in the main hall, clutching fat wads of crisp, red 100-yuan bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
A homeless man reversed the typical pattern by handing out wads of cash to strangers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He posed for photos holding Rolex watches and expensive cigars, and pretending to eat wads of banknotes.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
They’re now showering him with pleasantries, well wishes, and wads of cash.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2024
Renzo shouted as Barbarossa held out two wads of bills toward him.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
The crowd was further energized by the presence of longtime Count Basie drummer Jo Jones—sitting near the stage, keeping time with a wadded up Christian Science Monitor newspaper—and even more so by Elaine Anderson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
In recent years, the northern end of Post Alley has become a circus funhouse of wadded, spittle-hardened goo.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
All that shiny wrapping paper and ribbon, for instance, wadded into non-recyclable mounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
I look guiltily over at the knot of wadded white blankets and sheets on my still-damp bed.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2017
“I got that bell wadded tighter than a tick. Tansy wants us in school, she’ll have to come out and pick us off one by one.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The court also heard from Lucy Ness, who was given an urn containing "wadding and pieces of bone" instead of her baby's ashes.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
As he said in 1857, what was the point of celebrating the Fourth if the Declaration was now treated as “mere rubbish—old wadding left to rot on the battlefield”?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
They lack the deadly bullet point, which is usually replaced with cotton or paper wadding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
Blanks can still be dangerous because they involve gunpowder and paper wadding or wax, which provide a flame and spark, which look good on camera.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
But Rondell just looked at me with a blank face, wadding up the plate I’d just given him, and told me: “Who?”
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
