windfall
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The windfall isn’t isolated to its refining and chemicals division–a jump in gas prices, strong oil and gas trading, and elevated oil prices have all combined to set TotalEnergies up for a bumper third quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
That would provide a windfall while being "a lot more bearable", in the words of one bank executive.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
He has suggested the industry should return some of the windfall to American consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Your $3 million windfall is a luxury, a blessing and, only if you let it, a curse.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
He promptly took advantage of the windfall by purchasing a beautiful eighteenth-century Tassini viola, lest the money be snatched away as abruptly and mysteriously as it had arrived.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Do you think investors are going to write off these massive AI windfalls, or write them down?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Pacific island nations are divided on whether deep-sea mining will deliver economic windfalls, or environmental catastrophe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Refiners PBF Energy and Valero also reported windfalls, with the latter earning $3.7 billion, another fivefold increase from the year before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The investments covered in the ledger were tiny percentages of SpaceX but would have generated windfalls.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
The early apples were now ripening, and the grass of the orchard was littered with windfalls.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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