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If you both retire before you’re 65, you will have to pay for private health insurance, which could amount to a significant sum through the Affordable Care Act.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
His team also pocketed a hefty sum -- several million dollars -- for travelling to Luanda in November 2025 for a friendly marking Angola's 50th Independence Day celebrations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The math gets more appealing at 5.3%, as the same sum generates $106,000.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
As of August, Chinese banks owned 29 trillion yuan of bonds, around $4.4 trillion, compared with less than half that sum in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“To sum up, sir,” said Wemmick, “Mr. Jaggers was altogether too many for the jury, and they gave in.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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These numbers don’t even account for third-quarter sums that have yet to be disclosed.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Families already pay extraordinary sums for health coverage — by some measures, the monthly cost of employer-sponsored family health coverage now rivals the typical monthly mortgage payment.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
She sums up her strategy as “Better, not Bigger,” and puts both customers and employees at the center of her leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Lecornu has said the draft law, first presented before the protests, would allow these sums to be "taken from family allowances and housing benefits, while ensuring a minimum income is preserved".
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
I repaired to the market to see if any might have need of someone who could tell sums and lift.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Sykes summed up “a pretty strong operating environment for banks” by citing high levels of consumer spending and continuing increases in U.S. households’ net worth.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
The quarterback mess has played a part - and what summed them up nicely was undrafted rookie Jack Strand replacing a struggling Cooper Rush, and duly threw a pick six.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
His favorite trick can be summed up in the language of an infant’s board book: See Mike run.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Pacing the frontier” might more realistically be summed up as “trying to stay just ahead of trouble, on purpose.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“That sucked,” he said, which I thought summed things up pretty well.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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The 10-year yield hits its highest level in more than 19 years, summing up investors’ worries about a flurry of Fed interest-rate hikes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Major said, summing up the sentiment he heard from clients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bogle, summing up the Kingsport region, inadvertently speaks to their fears.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Mike Murphy continues his wonderful series of What’s Worth Streaming, reviewing the offerings from eight streaming services and summing up which ones are worth paying for and which ones you should skip for the month.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“It was hard for Hazleton, but they did the right thing,” Peter Jahrling said to me, summing up the general opinion of the experts.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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