parachute
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Some of the income the club will receive will come from parachute payments – money linked to the value of broadcasting rights paid to teams when they are relegated.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
"I suppose we could say we have been fortunate that every time we've been relegated, we have come straight back up and so it keeps the parachute payments," said Little.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
That amount “represents one of the highest golden parachute estimates ever observed,” investor advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services wrote in a report this week.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
She invented a reusable, waterproof diaper cover made first from a shower curtain and later from nylon parachute cloth, into which mothers could insert a cloth diaper pad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Like I’ve been shoved out of the airplane without a parachute because mothers are the parachutes.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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