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President Nixon admitted, in effect, that he was gutting the international monetary system by cutting loose the dollar from the gold-price peg, the Journal wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“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
He walked across the paddy as Hanako rested a foot on her peg.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
“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
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
In the following months he bought accessories such as awning screw-in pegs for £15.98 and wheel clamps and keys for £119.98.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
AmInvestment Bank pegs resistance at 4,515 ringgit a ton and support at 4,453 ringgit a ton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
I remember holding the bite of a line while Tom drove pegs and braided a splice.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Tax brackets, Social Security payments and retirement-account contribution limits are all pegged off of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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
The case is important because Imperial County has pegged its future to lithium, a mineral critical for electric car batteries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Actually, not really. I had the boy pegged as a train wreck. But considering how odd he is, and how sheltered his life has been, things could be a lot worse.”
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
Benchmark 10-year Treasury note yields jumped more than five basis points in overnight trading, pegging the paper at 4.535%, the highest in nearly a year.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Some investors are pegging DeepSeek’s worth to its long-awaited next-generation AI model, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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
RHB maintains a neutral rating on the sector, pegging DBS Group and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. as its top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
They made pegging the clothes to the line clumsy work but kept my fingers from freezing solid.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
