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If you take advantage of that $0 bill and skip paying the following month, daily interest will keep accumulating, wiping out the interest savings you were attempting to gain.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The fast-food standards have them, of course, but so do regional chains and neighborhood coffee shops: download this, order ahead, skip the line, collect points, save your usual.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The indictment, which allows prosecutors to skip California's preliminary hearing process, did not specify details on Reiner's alleged actions the night his parents died.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The couple were due to appear in an Arkansas courtroom Monday but were able to skip the hearing after withdrawing their not guilty plea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Feeling like I need to be doing something, I skip the first few minutes of lunch and head to the Files and Evidence Room in the Department of Supernatural Investigations.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
The top 64 players in the Players Championship qualify for Minehead in November and Littler, who skipped the first 26 events on the circuit, sits in 141st place after claiming £4,000 on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
They skipped stairs as they ran between platforms, and found they could shave time at the turnstiles by switching from using their phones to physical cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
A different voter, Bennett Bracell of Charleston, had skipped a day of high school to drive up two hours for the rally.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
“So a lot of them skipped their contract … And of course, a lot of them were deported.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
As she skipped rocks, she was looking out at the horizon and thinking about an invention she wanted to build.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
It seemed clear to everyone around him, at that point, that Boobie could handle skipping a season of high school football.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
When I joked, “I didn’t realize I was communicating with the NSA,” without skipping a beat, he replied: “breaking news the fbi let a spy get shot 5 times!”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
I highly recommend skipping Google, skipping ChatGPT, and going straight to INeedAnA.com.”
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
HOAs are getting more aggressive about pursuing people who rack up unpaid dues, skipping informal grace periods to make up the payments and turning delinquent accounts over to lawyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
We have no chance of slipping out of our organized lines and skipping the pep rally in the gym.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
