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His net worth — he posted it on social media — is $250 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
That total figure included births and deaths as well as a net overseas migration of 292,100.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
This comes despite a flat performance for short-term debt and the net asset value of U.S. long-term bond funds having fallen close to 5%, Chua said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
They raise their 2027 revenue and net profit projections by 1.0%-2.0%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
A small, silvery school of fish came, veering away from Sean’s net, around the rocks, and caught by mine.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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
He estimates that arms sales to Russia and the troop deployment have netted the impoverished country close to $10bn.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Bubblemaps netted those two losses against the profits for its analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
He netted $2.2 million when Motorola acquired the body camera firm in 2019, according to his income tax return from that year.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The arrests netted only a few small fry, but the Nazis now knew that their codes had been broken.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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
“You know, their story is quite similar to how women in England weren’t allowed to play football for years,” observed Higgins, netting a doubtful reaction from the museum’s forbearing docent.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
The first task was to pull out all the mosquito netting and stitch it into tents to cover our four identical cots and my parents’ larger one.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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