netting

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Whistleblowers can receive millions of dollars for their work on an SEC case, netting between 10% and 30% of the fines collected.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Let’s say, for the sake of argument, you end up netting $45,000 of that pay increase.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

The whale is thought to have become entangled in netting before eventually becoming stranded on a sandbank, while suffering from a skin condition brought on by the lower salt levels of the Baltic Sea.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Ackman also has form on big macroeconomic events, netting billions from Covid pandemic-related trades.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

They say I was born with a caul, a skin netting covering my face like a glove.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes