milking

Example Sentences

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“He’s a Google insider milking Polymarket for quick money,” Jeong, a blockchain engineer, wrote on X. “It’s one of the wildest things I’ve seen on the platform.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Podcasting can be a great business if you’re good at it, but I’m not sure anyone has ever been this adept at milking shareholder value out of a pair of mics.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

There were also plenty who were more cynical about patients' motives, saying they were "not genuine" or accused patients of "milking the system".

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

“I wonder if they’re just in a factory, like, you know, really milking these bananas, I guess?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Roskus was milking the cow in the barn door.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner