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The thud of a hammering Hulksmash rattles our seats; later, a cocked rifle is so crisp we perk up like a dog hearing the mailman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Reporters programmatically extracted compensation tables, footnotes and other explanations of perquisites mentioned in the filings and fed the results to an LLM which parsed the amount, type and beneficiary of each perk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

In total, 1,418 companies disclosed at least one perk during this time period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

“When a cluster is big enough everybody’s ears perk up, communication starts,” and multiple avenues of investigation begin, Stevens said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

He poked up the fire and waited for his mother to ask him if he had been perk and didn’t grieve his father, but she didn’t.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

And that efficiency underscores the opportunity for long-term investors when the housing market perks up.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

And many a Toluca Lake resident enjoys some theme park perks courtesy of Universal, such as free parking, and invites to preopening events at the park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

This language would let crypto exchanges offer stablecoin holders cash back, rebates and other perks as long as they are not exclusively based on a user’s stablecoin holdings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

“It feels like the benefits and the perks that we have enjoyed for a long time keep vanishing,” said Todd Stubbler, a 61-year-old pageant helper who has worked at Disneyland for close to 35 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

I recognized him because he wasn’t using a standard-issue Sixer avatar—one of the perks of his position.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline