bottomless purse

Example Sentences

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Probability dictates that you are guaranteed to win eventually, but even if you had a bottomless purse, you could die before “eventually” arrives.

From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2023

He says there is "no bottomless purse" for flood defences and the country must make "difficult choices" about which areas to protect.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2014

He brought a showman's flair to his new job, as well as a seemingly bottomless purse, hiring big stars like Sawyer, Chris Wallace and David Brinkley away from other networks.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1970, Industrialist Norton Simon, despite a bottomless purse, could not win the Republican senatorial nomination in California from the vulnerable, venerable incumbent, George Murphy.

From Time Magazine Archive

I could not help wondering what bottomless pit they were trying to fill, or from what bottomless purse.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya