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“If I look at the profitability of the credit card and put it on top of that route, is that enough to make it worthwhile to fly a loss leader?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Demand for premium travel experiences in the years since the pandemic has led airlines to focus even more on big-spending customers, shifting credit cards and loyalty programs to the center of airlines’ strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Many families are buying basic groceries like rice, meat and pasta on credit via a government program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Delta is keeping customers who buy its cheapest business class tickets out of its lounges—unless they’re toting the right credit card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
At worst, if you bought credit default swaps on $100 million in subprime mortgage bonds you might wind up shelling out premium for six years—call it $12 million.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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I completed a double major in politics and cinema studies at New York University in 3½ years by using advanced-placement and internship credits and avoiding electives that didn’t move me toward graduation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
By the time Jurassic Park came out, Neill was 43 years old and already had a string of screen credits under his belt.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The letter comes shortly after Newsom signed his final state budget as California’s governor, a $351.7-billion spending plan that includes new limitations on corporate tax credits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
His other on screen credits included the mystery drama series Apples Never Fall, alongside Annette Bening.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
I buy my card with game credits and he gets his own.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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Three years later, Saar created “The Liberation of Aunt Jemima,” the assemblage that activist Angela Davis credited with sparking the Black women’s movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The landmark Endangered Species Act -- passed in 1973 and credited with saving the bald eagle, the American alligator and other iconic species -- prohibits "taking" endangered species.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
After losing both parents while attending college, he became the legal guardian of his younger sister, an experience he often credited with shaping his sense of responsibility and public service.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Reeves credited her decisions as the first female chancellor with creating a "rock of stability and trust", but acknowledged there had been tough moments in office.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The springs were credited with many miraculous cures.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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A recent social media video shows Portuguese fans similarly collecting rubbish from the stands with large plastic bags, with many social media users crediting the Japanese with starting this trend.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The 2nd Circuit relied on the long-familiar Mathews test here, crediting the government’s concerns about flight risks, but ultimately ruling in favor of requiring a bond hearing given the length of Black’s and G.M.’s detentions.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
Bass used the evening to tout her Inside Safe program, crediting it with reducing street homelessness by 17.5%.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
"Construction has been booming," he told AFP before withdrawing cash, crediting various family support programmes introduced for the upswing.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Therefore, being imaginative and a woman, Heraia had no difficulty in crediting Kabir's words, and she also understood Charmides' present mood as none of the others could.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
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