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purse

[purs] / pɜrs /




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The purse for the individual competition is just $10.1 million, down from $20 million at the previous tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

They walked to the Louvre to use the toilets there, but they cost one euro and she had left her purse at the ministry's offices.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Fundamentally, what makes a legislature powerful is its control over taxing and spending, the power of the purse.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

I couldn’t tell whether she meant the jazz CD Stephen was holding or “The Secret Garden,” but I took it as permission nonetheless and slipped the book into my purse.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Grandma shoved the spray bottle back into her purse and looked at her watch.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

"We hope that by putting this extraordinary bird into millions of pockets and purses, we can spark a nationwide conversation about a species at real risk of vanishing from Britain forever."

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

That doesn’t mean these particular investments are ones to match right now for investors with shorter time horizons and far lighter purses.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

The politicians and soldiers made what the British call a “pig’s ear” of Colonial policy, but the painters show that defeat was also the material of silk purses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

An agreement is in place and both fighters are expected to earn career-high purses when they finally meet, with October or November the likely target dates.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Panic must be written all over my face, because Anna purses her lips.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

Two young women who appeared to be in their early 20s posed for selfies under a “Wish Tree,” mouths pursed.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

In the current, so-called third design generation, the hood slopes down to form the stiff upper lip of a mouth pursed with purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 25, 2025

Mr Millard-Smith said PCNs were "a contractual debt", which could ultimately be pursed through the civil courts and result in a County Court Judgement, which can affect your credit rating.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2024

The retired aerospace engineer, who lives in Sierra Madre, did about four reps before his teeth clenched, his legs trembled and he let out short puffs of air through pursed lips.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2024

She pursed her lips, then took another bite of one of Shamika’s biscuits.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

The fact it's his daughter pursing the sporting path is irrelevant to him.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2025

Sherman also mimics Wood’s voice and facial expressions on “White Lotus,” widening her eyes and pursing her lips behind those very prominent front teeth.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2025

“This straw is an anti-wrinkle straw, so you’re not pursing your lips as much when you drink out of it sideways like this,” she said in the video, posted last week.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2024

Officials are pursing merging Washington’s carbon-pricing market with another operated by California and Quebec.

From Seattle Times Nov. 15, 2023

The girl stared past Sean, lips pursing, as if there were a place, but she didn’t know what to call it.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby




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