benefits

Example Sentences

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"If you're sitting at home and just thinking 'these refugees came and are taking all the benefits'... they never know what happened."

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2022

“For example, ‘charity’ might reflect individuals being thoughtful, but ‘social security benefits’ and ‘healthcare’ are much more complicated structural issues,” he added.

From Washington Times • Dec. 8, 2021

Where he seemed to indicate the government’s case was faltering was, in the absence of a ‘stream of benefits’ theory, how it could prove the quid pro quo necessary in a bribery case.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2017

Indeed unions across the public sector would immediately take legal action if retrospective cuts were made to what pensions experts call 'accrued benefits' as these are contractual rights.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2010

The formula, 'Seek out the one whom the crime benefits' may often be as absurd as true.

From The Widow Lerouge by Gaboriau, Émile