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In Tesla's Model 3, for example, passengers must reach into a compartment inside the door pocket and find a release cable to manually open the rear door, according to the company's website.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Cinematographer Brendan Galvin and editors David Rosenbloom and Joe Rosenbloom take us inside the bodyguard’s POV as he notes each pen click, pocket grasp and suspicious glance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Americans are paying more out of pocket for healthcare in the form of deductibles, copayments and coinsurance, as well as expenses not covered by their insurance, according to federal data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Eatherly switched the selfie stick to his left hand and put his right hand in his jacket pocket.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
As I crawled out from under the covers, the man took a slip of paper from his pocket and consulted it.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Instead of returning uniformly, the subdominant phase began forming in scattered pockets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s a tough market to get right, however, as upper-end homes continue to appreciate, but other pockets of the market not as much.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Traders are on “high alert for pockets of weak U.S. data, and U.S. CPI is no exception,” the senior market analyst says, noting CPI data are due Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Chinese brands with deep pockets are creatively moving in.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
With one hand on the steering wheel, I pat down my pockets, hoping some cash will magically appear the way Sandy June’s does.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
According to forms filed with the IRS, in 2023 she pocketed $907,923, a payout that included a $495,000 bonus, a number that exceeded her base pay at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
So-called interchange fees are paid by merchants when consumers shop with their debit cards and are mostly pocketed by banks and other financial institutions that issue those cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Shrewdly, Mackay wrote, the stock operator in that case pocketed the cash and fled the country the next day.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Cameron Smith and Sergio Garcia each received $131,625 for a share of 40th place and Richard Bland pocketed $126,000 for coming 46th out of 57.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
She snatched up the quartz and handed it back to Archer, who pocketed it solemnly.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
But with rebates flowing, counterparties are now suing some of these companies for pocketing those higher costs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
A 2017 investigation by NPR and Frontline documented numerous examples of waste and fraud, including one developer pocketing tax credits without building the required housing.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The company argued attorneys were swindling their own clients, inflating medical bills of car crash victims to increase the value of the settlement and then pocketing a hefty chunk of the payouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
And their efforts in Europe have ensured the Norwegian side enjoy a significant payday as they exit pocketing about £40m - almost as much as the current value of their entire squad.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Climbing back up to the door, I slowly pull the dollar bill off the alarm switch, pocketing it as I fly back down to the third floor of the hospital.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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