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If you know how to do social and you know how to brand yourself, then you obviously can have a much more lucrative opportunity in front of you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A global risk would be that Iran embraces the tolls it recently started charging for each tanker passing through the strait as a new, lucrative income stream, he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

As pricey as the Ohtani cups may be, there appears to be a lucrative resale market for them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

This exploration could have a vast, potentially lucrative economic angle at a time when both countries are locked in trade tensions.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Quickly it was realized that petroleum in volume not only could be used to bind bowels and banish scabby growths but could be refined into lucrative products like paraffin and kerosene.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson