Example Sentences

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Trubody said she felt some oil firms were trying to "make a fast buck" from the situation.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Hakim -- not his real name -- travelled south from the Paris region at the end of 2020 when he was 15 thinking to make a fast buck, but things quickly went wrong.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

That responsibility requires doing what’s right long-term, not just what might make a fast buck.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022

Brooklyn has been ruined as a place worth living so developers can make a fast buck.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2017

This will be a fast buck, I thought.

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos