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President Nixon admitted, in effect, that he was gutting the international monetary system by cutting loose the dollar from the gold-price peg, the Journal wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“A 60/40 rule can be a square peg in a round hole. A 90/10 rule is just creating a new rule of thumb.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
A massive parasitic outbreak has taken Taco Bell down a peg, and now it has to rebuild its momentum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
NBC News reported that, according to internal estimates by the Defense Department peg the amount at $80 billion to $100 billion.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
He’d forbidden me from bringing my camera to work after I’d photographed an irate man with an eye patch and a peg leg.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
“Talladega Nights” pegs this missing link between America’s urban past and its exurban future from its opening seconds, putting a quote about “hot, nasty, badass speed” in the mouth of New York Swell Eleanor Roosevelt.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
It pegs KPJ Healthcare and Sunway Healthcare as top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s survey pegs the decline at about 17.5 percent within city limits during that period.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
Forbes pegs her net worth at roughly $1.9 billion.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
A cupboard of heavy walnut put together with wooden pegs stood near the fireplace and held dishes, food, and cooking utensils.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
The easing of cattle crossings at the southern border could help the U.S. offset low herd counts that in January were pegged at a 75-year low.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Sanders pegged voter disaffection on the increasing difficulty and cost of living in the United States.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
It pegged the band, in its members' own words, as "the queer joy mini-skirt rollerblade, external" crew - but their music has always dug deeper than that.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The case is important because Imperial County has pegged its future to lithium, a mineral critical for electric car batteries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He never had me pegged for being one of them.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
Dell revised its estimate for full-year AI revenue upward to $60 billion, up 144% over the prior year, after pegging it at $50 billion in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Yap maintains a positive view on the Malaysian oil and gas sector, pegging Keyfield and Perdana Petroleum as its top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Chevron rose 2% to $197.09 each, pegging its 2026 advance at just under 20%.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Cody was most familiar with Pedretti’s performance in “You,” pegging the actor as an “intense brunet” that didn’t square at first with her interpretation of Cherry as an Anna Nicole Smith type.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
“I suppose you are going to college soon? I see you pegging away at your books, no, I mean studying hard.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
