riches

Example Sentences

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She told True West Film Center that she was a “real rags to riches story” and was raised by a single mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Prospectors learned more than a century ago that there were riches buried under Texas, in the form of abundant oil and gas supplies.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

That he hails from such a region has fuelled the rags to riches aspect of his story.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The latest retreat in Mali could spell the end of the adventurism in Africa that Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin envisaged as Russia’s route to riches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

We gulped the thin turnip water, marveling at our sudden riches.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom