shortchange
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"You have insurance charges, floor charges, and various other levies that make production unsustainable," he told AFP, repeating allegations that contractors collude to keep prices low and "shortchange" producers.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
To be clear, we don’t want to shortchange our daughter just because the focus seems to be on the boys.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
But some economists and academics say that would shortchange taxpayers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
But that would shortchange “Severance,” which takes another run at a corporate world run amok, detailing it in ways that are far more unsettling than anything in the latest season of “Squid Game.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
To make sure that workers at state farms do not shortchange the military, the army stations soldiers at all three thousand of them throughout the harvest season.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
The money poured in, leading to resentment among cohorts who felt they’d been shortchanged, none more so than Bob Gimlin, Patterson’s wingman in the field during the infamous shoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
In these kinds of situations where family and finance are mixed up, somebody always ends up feeling shortchanged, and no one will ever admit to being wrong.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 19, 2026
But it also reminds us that people who care keep those of us shortchanged by its promise limping along.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
Fans were also left feeling shortchanged after the 38-year-old's set featured just three special guests - Popcaan, Rema and Vybz Kartel.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
I decide not even to complain about having my first paycheck withheld or the ways we’re shortchanged every day.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
It is also unlikely to allay the emotional or financial shortchanging experienced by your stepsiblings.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
Financial planners say they are waiting for more information to better understand the implications, but issued a note of caution about Americans shortchanging their retirement-savings goals in an effort to purchase a home.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
The United Parcel Service UPS -0.70%decrease; red down pointing triangle has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly shortchanging thousands of seasonal delivery workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
It earned positive reviews in China but has also drawn some criticism for its detailed portrayal of the Cultural Revolution and for allegedly shortchanging the Chinese themes in the original work.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2024
“Nelson,” he said, “you are shortchanging me. You are giving Gaet-sewe more tobacco than me.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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