shoestring
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BATTAMBANG, Cambodia—Giving tiny loans to shoestring entrepreneurs was meant to be capitalism’s cure for global poverty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
That’s where you get the skinny jeans and the shoestring for a belt, the grunge-style backpack, wearing beanies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
"It was all done on a shoestring budget," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Don’t be shy about shape or size — shoestring, steak-cut, crinkle, waffle, sweet potato — I’ll even give a pass to tater tots for the sake of this exercise.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025
He was running the Department of Medicine on a shoestring.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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