vest
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He wore a leather vest with a Russian tricolor, participated in the groups’ publicity stunts and met another boxing aficionado, Alexei Rubezhnoy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"All the talking, tweeting, typing and streaming is done - I'm ready to fight," Benn said, while inexplicably wearing a bullet-proof style vest.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some people still carry that information in a vest pocket.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
Garcia-Leys said the plates could not be “used for a crime” or any other purpose unless they were slotted into a vest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
A page in an argyle vest and brown tweed pants stood by his cart, watching my every move.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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I walk down the street and I see an alarming number of people wearing weighted walking vests now, which is so frightening that it requires me to catch my breath every now and again.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
"You feel exhausted, it's mostly mental fatigue," he said while standing next to a group of friends wearing orange vests and helmets.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Conrad: I’d come up with something like the scratchy safety vests they make you wear when you go fishing on a boat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Though the drivers aren’t direct employees of FedEx and Amazon, they often wear branded uniforms or vests and drive corporate-branded vans or trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
A smattering of other men in bulletproof vests, sunglasses, and black caps all looked up.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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Unauthorized distributions can disqualify a plan, causing severe financial consequences, including immediate income taxes and any applicable penalties for employees on their vested balances.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
"Our manifesto did talk about the redistribution of power, it did talk about the rewiring of our country, it did talk about taking on some of those vested interests," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“All the parties have a vested interest in honesty, and in a good user experience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
While a fifth of these vested by the end of 2024, Summit modified the terms last year so that Soni will earn the remaining options over time, provided he remains employed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Nelson Mandela,” the officer said, “I arrest you under the powers vested in me by the Emergency Regulations.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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These transactions were standard “sell-to-cover” moves triggered by the scheduled vesting of the executives’ RSUs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
That money often comes with strings attached; about half of employees might have a vesting schedule where you can only keep the funds if you stay with the company for a certain amount of time.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
According to ISS, another eyebrow-raising element was that the vast majority of Zaslav’s estimated compensation — over 94% — was being derived by the automatic acceleration of stock vesting and the excise tax gross-up payment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
On top of that, some startups have gotten rid of vesting cliffs altogether, meaning an employee owns his or her shares from the moment they start working for the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Father Bright forced his mind Heavenward and repeated silently the vesting prayers that his lips had formed meaninglessly, this time putting his full intentions behind them.
From The Eyes Have It by Randall Garrett
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