rainy day
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Persistent inflation also means Americans are socking away less for retirement or a rainy day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
If approved by voters on the statewide ballot in November, the amendment would raise a cap on mandatory deposits into the rainy day fund from 10% to 20% of general fund revenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
With few exceptions, the limit applies to most appropriations of tax revenue, including money that lawmakers tuck away into the rainy day fund and other reserves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
We all know we are supposed to put something away for a rainy day, including our old age, it is just hard to find the money.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Here, sir, one example: One day, it was beastly hot, a devilish hot rainy day, and Miss Fanny didn’t want to go above-stairs to her chamber to change her dress, because her paint might melt.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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