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Police had falsely accused Walters of the crime simply to knock him down a peg?

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

Penelope looked around but saw only moss, trees, and some lovely specimens of the common but ruggedly attractive swashbuckler fern, with its long, swordlike fronds and thick stems that were sturdy as peg legs.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Affin Hwang maintains a neutral rating on Malaysia’s oil and gas sector, and pegs Dialog and Bumi Armada as top buys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“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

But there’s some doubt about the magnitude of the coming transfer—one report puts it at more than $100 trillion; another pegs it at only $36 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

The problem was that in the process of jumping, certain pegs ended up stranded, unable to jump or be jumped.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Media reports late last month had pegged the figure at $70 billion based on information given to investors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Energy analysts and officials have pegged energy infrastructure repair costs in the region at tens of billions, covering engineering, construction, equipment and materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Chatfield asked the Los Angeles Times in 1997 in response to criticism from community members and some local officials who pegged his nonprofit as inconveniencing residents by helping homeless people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Blown away in a 26-minute opening set, fourth seed Gauff was twice pegged back from a break up in a scrappy second set before coming through a 16-point tie-break to force a decider.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

At first I have Owen pegged as one of those.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

RHB maintains a neutral rating on Malaysian banks, pegging AMMB, Malayan Banking and Hong Leong Bank as top picks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Public IB maintains an overweight rating on the Malaysian plantations sector, pegging Sarawak Plantation and TA Ann as top picks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Goldman Sachs strategist on Thursday charted five-year rolling returns on the all-important 10-year Treasury note — pegging it as the worst such period for returns in more than a century.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Hong Leong maintains an overweight rating on Malaysian oil and gas sector, pegging Dialog as its top pick on its stronger earnings visibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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