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Zidar: One stat is that for every large, public-company CEO, there are 1,000 private business owners with at least $25 million in net worth — one versus 1,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
He did eventually find the net - at the wrong end.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
His net worth — he posted it on social media — is $250 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
An individual store associates’ work growing sales really could move the stock price—and their net worth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
I dropped my net and squalled at the same time.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
His best finish came in 1976, when he netted just shy of 59,000 votes, though the exact count is contested.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
His three-year-long Mathematics Tour grossed $857.7 million, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, and his Divide Tour netted $776.4 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Its follow-up, “Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love,” received an Emmy nomination and netted a hit for country singer Jennifer Nettles, who plays Parton’s mother in the films.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The spotlight will also fall on Isak, who scored 62 goals in 109 games for Newcastle but only netted four times in an injury-hit debut campaign at Anfield.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
It was tall and netted over with silver cobwebs.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
It landed on the netting on the other side of the wall to tie the score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
France recently sold the last of its New York gold, while upgrading it and netting a gain equivalent to $15 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 6, 2026
Near a petrol station draped in anti-drone netting, an employee casually smoked a cigarette, waiting for the alert to be over.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ukraine has also built physical barriers to protect against Russian strikes, including antidrone netting and layers of concrete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
A canopy of netting that, aside from discouraging birds, seems to be useless shelters the pyramid itself.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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