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The funds we squirreled away back then help buffer us from inflation in retirement now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It’s later in the season this time though, and getting going doesn’t carry the same promise of chipping away back into contention.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2022

It was laborious, and the words always seemed to slip away back to the page when I wasn’t looking.

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

Then he waved and we were away, back to the wall and the gate that opened for us, and back on the road north to Chicago,

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2020

Was there some magical treasure hidden away back at the deli?

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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