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pocket

[pok-it] / ˈpɒk ɪt /






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This is a pocket of the West Bank where the PA retains full control.

From BBC

She said she used to attend some classes “wearing my evening dress under my Burberry, with my diamonds in my pocket so I could go out afterward.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, much of that could begin flowing back into the pockets of businesses that paid them.

From The Wall Street Journal

Soaring prices have hit people's pockets as they reduce their purchases of fruit and vegetables at Khartoum's central market.

From Barron's

A block roasts into something different: the edges bronze and go a little chewy; the center caters into creamy pockets you can smear through the pasta later.

From Salon