life savings
Example Sentences
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His videos drew dozens of aspiring food truck owners, many of them immigrants like Ochoa, who entrusted him with their life savings in hopes of turning their dreams into a livelihood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Should we spend a quarter of our life savings on my daughter’s college tuition or protect that money for my wife’s and my retirement?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Her life savings are tied up in a two-storey house in the planned development area, surrounded by ornamental and fruit trees.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Sam Little, a 35-year-old former contestant of BBC show The Traitors, revealed last week he had lost £40,000 in life savings to a phishing scam.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
I reach into my pocket and pull out five one-hundred-dollar bills, which is more money than I have ever held in my hand, and may very well be Dad’s life savings.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
