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At the Lexington Avenue pocket park, Phillips told me she had never seen kids on the grounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The sudden explosion of online sports betting bespeaks a nation of young men looking for ways to pocket cash for no work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“Once you have hitchhiked across Africa with ten bucks in your pocket, starting a business doesn’t seem too intimidating,” he told Time magazine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
For decades, Iran has held a single geopolitical trump card in its pocket — the ability to shut down oil-tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
And maybe by that time Celia and Granda would be back, and Da with coins in his pocket, and I would tell him, “Anna first.”
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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