penny
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Dad-of-two Richard said his wage did not keep up with rising energy bills, leaving his family "penny pinching towards the end of the month".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Our list of the best loafers for women includes classic penny loafers and on-trend lug soles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Oil futures rose a penny, or 0.01% to $89.44 a barrel in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
First up, though: If you’ve got some diesel sitting around the house, you could make a pretty penny on Facebook Marketplace.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Two fifty! That's penny candy! At least it was when I was coming up."
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
Duty paid on draught alcohol in pubs and bars is up to 11 pence cheaper than that sold in supermarkets.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
UBS has a sell rating on the stock and 95 pence target price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Shares are down 4.2% at 119.20 pence, but 21% higher over the year-to-date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Shares are up 1.2% at 198.60 pence and 8% higher over the year to date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Wang Lung withdrew a little from the others and turned himself about to the wall and secretly with his hand in his girdle he counted out the pence he had left.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
Card boxes fell by the wayside because they cost about $5 each in the U.S. versus pennies per box in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Stock your employer put in 25 years ago may have cost pennies against today’s price.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Under Musk, X has transformed into a haven of bots looking to start fights for pennies.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
That changed more recently as the value of emptying office buildings plummeted, enabling developers to acquire these towers for pennies on the dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
They did it so much that store owners started keeping the dish behind the register and doled out the pennies to short-changed customers individually.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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