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Stepping back from a lucrative and rewarding career can be difficult to recover from financially, and parenthood further complicates that choice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Fish and marine industries account for almost 40% of Iceland's exports and many No voters feared they would cede some control of their lucrative fishing grounds under the EU's common fisheries policy.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Instagram play presaged a series of lucrative investments involving brand-name startups: Spotify, payments processor Stripe, online glasses retailer Warby Parker, Gillette disruptor Harry’s, Twitch and Reddit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
That attitude led her to hunt for lucrative opportunities outside of music as well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Over in Italy, the composers who followed Vivaldi were fixated on the lucrative but non-progressive business of Italian opera, both at home and abroad.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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