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His commitment to short breaks is so strong that Amos, a man who makes about $20 million a year, recently declined to pay a few extra bucks for the ad-free version of a streaming service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

You deserve every one of those summer holidays, even though many teachers use that time to earn extra bucks.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

Often, polluting firms will tell consumers that they can pitch a few extra bucks of their own in order to, say, help plant some new seedlings.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2023

We want to go to Erewhon and spend the five extra bucks so that we know that the chicken was doing Pilates before it died.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2023

And somewhere over the three days, he needed to make two extra bucks in order to earn fifty-three dollars by Sunday evening.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies