life savings
Example Sentences
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“It isn’t like I blew all of my life savings last year,” Matheson said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
It’s your business, your life savings and your decision about how much, if anything, you leave to your heirs.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Cárdenas, who became a U.S. citizen in 1963, had his house, life savings and many priceless mementos from his broadcasting career seized.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Some investors told Barron’s that they lost their life savings to RAD.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
“August is with Sugar-Girl in the parlor. She showed up crying. Something about Otis using their life savings to buy a secondhand fishing boat.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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