pie
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Workers likely won’t be willing to accept an even smaller share of the pie, Higgins said, particularly as rising costs of living continue to squeeze more low-income consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
Whatever form it takes, banks believe the chancellor now has much more of an appetite to take a larger slice of their pie.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Tkatch added that there’s nothing new about using scent as a marketing tool, at least not since the first time “the owner of a restaurant cooked a pie and put it on the top shelf.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Last year, Beijing loosened regulations to allow couples to register their marriages anywhere, not just in their hometown, igniting competition among local governments for a slice of the wedding tourism pie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Mama has company visiting, and they’re asking for pie.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
A neo-traditionalist and pied piper for the New York downtown set, Keith and his nine lives most recently turned to Instagram after a stroke impaired his ability to speak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Meanwhile, the southern pied babbler does not, in fact, merely babble.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
And when she got pied in the face at a press conference in Iowa—her instant response: “At least it’s a fruit pie”—a whole bunch of Americans reveled in her comeuppance.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2025
Smith oozes upside, and he’s passionate about the Ducks — a bonus in that he could be a pied piper who attracts other recruits.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
“You are a pied ninny,” said Danny Hupfer.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
Political pieing, too, had its moment in the sun during the second half of the 20th century.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2024
The BBB was a big part of this political pieing movement, which began in 1970 and grew to involve activists around the world, until it petered out around 2011.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2022
The philosophy was simple: use pieing as a way to hold people that the BBB saws as destructive accountable—and raise awareness of their misdeeds.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2022
This idea echoes a term once used to describe pieing: “carnival humor.”
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2022
Thomas hadn't invented pieing, but his contributions to the art were seminal.
From Super Man and the Bug Out by Cory Doctorow
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