pony
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This means the buyer has to pony up whether they take shipment of the memory or not.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
But will customers pony up for the upscale grocer’s newest offering, a $12 cup of “Sacred Water”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Amazon.com, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Oracle are expected to pony up more than $1.1 trillion in 2027, up from $650 billion this year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
For months, he's been pushing European allies to pony up more money.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
If I had found a pony and a .22 lying in the middle of the road, I wouldn’t have been more pleased.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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"It was unreal," he said, adding that while ponies grazing on the mountain had escaped, he feared for a neighbour's pigs as flames swept through surrounding land.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“We’re bullish on what ponies can add,” said Craig Purser, chief executive of the National Beer Wholesalers Association, which represents more than 3,000 beer and beverage distributors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Campaigners said requirements to cut livestock grazing on the moor's commons, under new contracts from the government's conservation agency, could lead to the removal - and likely cull - of up to 90% hill ponies.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Buenos Aires-based Kheiron Biotech, an equine cloning company, produced around 400 cloned horses during the season that ended in February, mostly of various polo ponies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
"I don't know how high Shetlands can jump. They're different from other ponies."
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
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It has poured money into youth development, splurged on a state of the art training facility, and ponied up unconscionable sums to attract leading coaches from Germany, Italy and, oddly, Sweden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The two-time defending World Series champions ponied up a combined $309 million to sign two free agents, world-class closer Edwin Díaz and four-time All-Star corner outfielder Kyle Tucker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
“College sports are basically pro sports teams now,” Neirotti said about the money being ponied up to recruit and retain players.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
Despite my shoddy work ethic, and despite the fact that I’d still ponied up only $17, Cathy remained warm and supportive.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
Who ponied up all the money for such expenditures?
From Unborn Tomorrow by Kelly Freas
In their 2021 book Peril, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa uncover a broader angle on Graham’s ponying up to power.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Some of those billionaires are also ponying up to defeat the measure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
In late 2023, big banks reported collectively paying more than $9 billion to replenish the FDIC’s deposit insurance fund, with JPMorgan Chase funding $2.9 billion and Bank of America ponying up $2.1 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving to all those air travelers ponying up a small fortune to visit your family.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024
“Or if you turn into one of those girlfriends, always ponying around after her boyfriend, and speaking in the first-person plural. ‘We love the winter.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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