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“A 60/40 rule can be a square peg in a round hole. A 90/10 rule is just creating a new rule of thumb.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
A massive parasitic outbreak has taken Taco Bell down a peg, and now it has to rebuild its momentum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
NBC News reported that, according to internal estimates by the Defense Department peg the amount at $80 billion to $100 billion.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Maybank upgrades Malaysia’s technology sector’s rating to positive from neutral despite the near-term currency headwind, and peg Vitrox, Pentamaster, Northeast and Itmax System as top buys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Once inside, the captain removed his cloak and hung it from a peg, so as not to leave puddles on the threadbare Myrish carpet.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
“Talladega Nights” pegs this missing link between America’s urban past and its exurban future from its opening seconds, putting a quote about “hot, nasty, badass speed” in the mouth of New York Swell Eleanor Roosevelt.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Evan Seigerman, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets, pegs the near-term opportunity at roughly $3 billion a year in added sales, assuming modest uptake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s survey pegs the decline at about 17.5 percent within city limits during that period.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
Forbes pegs her net worth at roughly $1.9 billion.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
“Hullo, Fanny,” said Lenina to the young woman who had the pegs and locker next to hers.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Stablecoins are pegged to the value of real assets held in a reserve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
This year’s heavy volume of long-dated corporate supply has been pegged as a key factor in the $31 trillion Treasury market’s selloff this summer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Sanders pegged voter disaffection on the increasing difficulty and cost of living in the United States.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
It pegged the band, in its members' own words, as "the queer joy mini-skirt rollerblade, external" crew - but their music has always dug deeper than that.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
At the corner of the building, four Twister mats have been pegged into the grass, and about a dozen kids are wrapped around each other, pretzel-style.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
The outlook for U.S. ending stocks was also adjusted for 2026, pegging corn at 1.79 billion bushels, soybeans at 310 million bushels, and wheat at 722 million bushels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Chevron rose 2% to $197.09 each, pegging its 2026 advance at just under 20%.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Nvidia, meanwhile, edged 0.2% higher to $199.99 each, pegging its market cap at just over $4.86 trillion.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Cody was most familiar with Pedretti’s performance in “You,” pegging the actor as an “intense brunet” that didn’t square at first with her interpretation of Cherry as an Anna Nicole Smith type.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
After the first two weeks, Turner was pegging lobster claws as fast as Willis and not getting pinched any more than anyone else.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
