earning

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It has been a campaign of surprises, from Liverpool's collapsed title defence despite spending £450m last summer to promoted Sunderland completing the remarkable feat of earning European football.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

"The movie is a piece of the story, and it's earning a piece of the business," he added.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

With the season barely halfway through, the coach said that regaining the team’s identity will be just as important as earning points when MLS returns in the summer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Housekeepers will be earning more than $100,000 annually by the sixth year of the contract.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The town was over a hundred miles away, and since the harvest had been a poor one and Selvam was earning very little we had not the money to go by rail.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya