windfall
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Newly enriched Americans are bound to spend some of their windfall on new cars, yachts, houses and the like.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
All of these factors help to boost the appeal of an immediate financial windfall.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
A coup for Bezos and a windfall for FSG - where does deal leave Liverpool?
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ishbia expanded his business even when rivals hunkered down, saying he was setting UWM up for a windfall when interest rates dropped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
She saw him from the kitchen window that afternoon gathering early windfall apples and dropping them in a burlap bag.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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
Lim Chae-hoon, the sales head of a BMW dealership in Seoul, said his customers frequently mention their stock windfalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The investments covered in the ledger were tiny percentages of SpaceX but would have generated windfalls.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
After that he always stuffed his pockets with windfalls.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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