greed
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Polling shows voters are “connecting the dots between cost increases, corporate greed and weather disasters,” said Shannon Olivieri Hovis, chief strategy officer at the nonprofit California Environmental Voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The late 1990s were a perfect example of greed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
A novel of greed, corruption and fraud that enduringly holds true 153 years later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Notably, the show didn’t hook viewers with sex or other salacious material but, rather, plausible portrayals of greed and motivating vindictiveness.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Long ago,” she says, “when man knew not greed, malice, tribe, nor clan, jinn walked the earth.”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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