stub
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It wasn't until 2021 that her killer was brought to justice after the cigarette stub recovered from her flat proved crucial.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
For many people, a year-end pay stub will have all the numbers a tax professional needs to determine which pay is eligible for the tax break, Steber said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
But the definition of what kinds of overtime pay qualify is much trickier than just looking at the overtime line on a pay stub.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
For example, personal information on a ticket stub could be replaced with illegible letters, or a private building exchanged for a fake building or other landscape features.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
Frightful sat motionless on a tree stub above the West Branch of the Delaware.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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If one AI company stubs its toe, investors can expect other AI companies to say “ow.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
This has to be a change that has already happened and is documented on your most recent pay stubs or tax returns, he cautioned — not something projected to happen soon.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
The company’s technology alerts lenders to suspected double pledging based on pay stubs and bank statements when they are submitted to different financial institutions, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
The absence of pay stubs “raises questions about whether 1Fifty1 deducts employment taxes from its employees’ wages, as is required by federal and state law,” the complaint said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
I’ve also got train stubs from the time Dad took us to Chicago, and a picture of us on the shore of Lake Michigan, with the waves lapping at our feet.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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Acute pain acts as a warning signal, starting when injured tissue, such as a stubbed toe, sends messages through the spinal cord to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
According to Roberts, Betts stubbed his toe after the team returned from this week’s trip on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025
Darren Holliday, watch manager at Colchester Fire Station, urged smokers to "double-check your cigarette is fully stubbed out and safely thrown away".
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
Despite moving the ball effectively all night, the UW offense stubbed its toes at the most critical moments in the red zone.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
I stubbed my toe against something half-buried in the hard-packed sand.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Footwear stocks keep stubbing their toe, and a sustained recovery remains elusive.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
After busting a big toe by stubbing it on her coffee table, Burke never goes barefoot.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2022
During an era where patience can be in short supply at the FBS-level, Pitt has stuck with Narduzzi while he’s fielded teams that have flirted with a major breakthrough while also stubbing their toes repeatedly.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
You can barely walk without stubbing your toe on one.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2018
“To drink the blood of Lump-lumps out too late,” says Cordelia hopefully, stubbing out her cigarette.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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