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Akyn, whose office serves roughly 70,000 voters, said that no matter what the challenges, she was determined to deliver fair elections in this pocket of rural Georgia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Access to weapons varies based on capability, a pocket knife can be purchased by anyone anywhere, firearms are restricted from certain groups, and missiles are only available to militaries and are meticulously accounted for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
If those gambles pay off, the clients make it big and the managers pocket 20% of the gains.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Watson held his nerve to step out of the pocket and fire a 14-yard touchdown pass to tight end Harold Fannin Jr to cap a game-winning 65-yard drive.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In the end, I pulled the cinema-ticket stub out of my pocket and held it out to her.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
A burst of biotech mergers and acquisitions this year has put money in investors’ pockets that they are looking to invest in new companies, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The 43-year-old said there were "pockets of people" standing around in slippers and dressing gowns after being evacuated from the building.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“The NFL pockets, they evaporate quickly, and you’ve got to get the ball out,” Kubiak said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"The void that China fills is the void in people's pockets, more than anything else," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
He pushed his balled-up fists into his pockets and didn’t hold anyone’s hand.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
His team also pocketed a hefty sum -- several million dollars -- for travelling to Luanda in November 2025 for a friendly marking Angola's 50th Independence Day celebrations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
He said he pocketed half of the proceeds of each consignment reaching the UK, with each being worth up to £250,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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
Magdalys pocketed the keys and ran over to Two Step.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
But with rebates flowing, counterparties are now suing some of these companies for pocketing those higher costs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Prosecutor Chris Paxton KC said the total monetary value of the fraud was £86,868 and that Bush had conned 226 people who paid him for funeral plans, pocketing more than £550,000 over an 11-year period.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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
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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