dip into
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Related: My wife and I are both retired’: Do we dip into our $2.3 million fund to pay off our $300,000 mortgage at 2.9%?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Peterborough, N.H., lost $2.3 million in 2021 and recovered just $650,000, prompting officials to dip into reserves and cut spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The intensity of those games, the environments that you have to dip into and get results, you find out a lot about the players and find out a lot about the team,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
That would make Brits more reluctant to dip into their pockets to buy stocks, even though there’s plenty of dry powder—the household savings ratio stood at 9.9% in the fourth quarter of 2025.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
He strained closer, his ear beginning to dip into the water .
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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