coffers

Example Sentences

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They now fill jobs, homes and public-tax coffers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Tourists from around the world are now flooding back, boosting the coffers of the basilica, which relies on the takings as well as private donations.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

To reach $1.8 trillion, every single one would have to be stealing nearly $35,000 a year from government coffers.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

“Willem Holst and Bert Van Daal—the two city guards on duty tonight. The ones you emptied the Black Tips’ coffers to bribe?”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo