dime
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Although amused by the notion, Sanders made it clear that reporters aren’t going to get a dime from him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
“When I give a dime to a child…I can tell him that the only way to get rich is to save, and that I would like to see every one rich,” he said in 1928.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Kilgore has flown to L.A. on his own dime to guide Folger through the pre-show tech rehearsal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Hence her latest caper, which begins with a mission to track down a vintage desk and turns on a dime into a heist tied to a cache of gold.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
So Mr. Higgins handed me the candy, took the dime, and gave me my change.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
One year before the nation would collapse in the Great Depression, the world’s first billionaire gave out dimes to schoolchildren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“The ball did not move. We were trying to throw dimes when you need to make the easy play,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The most expensive item is Monroe's gold-toned 1950s cylindrical minaudiere purse carrying her tiny hair comb, a tube of lipstick, eight Philip Morris cigarettes and 1940s dimes.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
At that time in the 1960s, dimes, quarters and half dollars had roughly 0.725 ounces of silver per $1 of coin value.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
My dad digging under the couch cushions for dimes.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
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