nickel-and-dime
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It’s so refreshing to see hotels that don’t nickel-and-dime you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
But don’t nickel-and-dime your enjoyment of your life in order to punish yourself for financial decisions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
Many teams are trying to slow down Kansas City’s offense by playing zone defenses, but the tradeoff is watching Travis Kelce nickel-and-dime his way down the field.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
After years of allegedly running other nickel-and-dime scams, Santos appears to have concluded, for good reason, that the GOP donation pool is composed of easily shaken down marks.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
Nothing—only the finest nickel-and-dime store in all the world!
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
My wife isn’t one to tolerate being nickel-and-dimed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
If you’re a working man or woman being nickel-and-dimed by unscrupulous employers, you’re on your own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
“There was all this technical stuff I knew nothing about, but I just kinda nickel-and-dimed my way through.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2019
Tips such as avoiding airports and planning toll payments can help keep you from getting nickel-and-dimed with industry fees.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2017
I’ve stopped asking why airlines charge for anything; I just expect to get nickel-and-dimed throughout the booking process.
From Washington Post
Since Disney introduced Lightning Lanes in 2021, debate has raged over whether letting people pay for shorter waits is savvy crowd management or nickel-and-diming that divides people by income.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Why wouldn’t the resort industry find a way to maximize shareholder value by nickel-and-diming their consumers? Especially when, until very recently, those consumers haven’t pushed back.”
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
Still, none of this may appease certain Norwegian regulars, who told MarketWatch that the new restrictions speak to a nickel-and-diming approach that takes the fun out of sailing the high seas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025
Yes the parks can be prohibitively pricy, and they have found numerous ways to ruin the magic with nickel-and-diming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024
Some homeowners are nickel-and-diming their own coverage by forgoing protection against hurricanes or windstorms; finding ways to lower the replacement values of their properties, as Mr. Shiver did; or raising their deductibles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
Ickes took his revenge: he began a campaign of nickeling-and-diming his adversaries, refusing to authorize their requests for cellular phones and moving the high-living Morris into a cheaper hotel suite.
From Time Magazine Archive
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