riches

Example Sentences

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Plentiful reserves tend to promise great riches, hence crude has been labelled "black gold".

From BBC

What riches this coarse bit of muslin had been in the two weeks since it had been provided: a shield for my head from the scratch and smell of the bedding.

From Literature

Some people will argue that it’s unfair he will likely get wiped away from the public sphere while other predatory men from the past and present largely maintain their riches and reputations.

From Los Angeles Times

Whoever controls the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Iran, controls nothing less than the sole maritime gateway for most of the Persian Gulf’s oil riches to the world.

From Los Angeles Times

They have good reason to be alarmed: Whoever controls the strait controls nothing less than the sole maritime gateway for most of the Persian Gulf’s oil riches to the world.

From Los Angeles Times