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Her $10 on Bryce and Trinity was less about earning a large lump sum and more about getting heavily invested in the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The couple paid tens of thousands of dollars, a sum they were told would cover agency fees, legal costs, expenses for the child, and a "token sum" for the biological parents.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Swift is a billionaire who can afford to rent a massive arena and spend an eye-watering sum — reported to be up to $20 million — on her nuptials.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

The sum at stake was a hefty one for a nonprofit community ensemble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Robert acted immediately, agreeing to a sum for Maggie’s living expenses if she’d stop the book’s publication.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Broader concerns of overstretched valuations have also fuelled fears of a market bubble, along with questions over when the eye-watering sums being spent on AI will reap returns.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Tech companies are investing unprecedented sums of money to finance a construction boom across the U.S. of huge data centers to fuel America’s AI ambitions, largely in rural areas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

What it does seem to have done is contribute to the sharp slowdown in hiring; businesses are spending huge sums on the technology, and spending less on labor.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

It is a sentiment that sums up the latter half of his career.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

The central limit theorem states that under a wide variety of circumstances this will always be the case—averages and sums of nonnormally distributed quantities will nevertheless themselves have a normal distribution.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

At Beaufort, a Golani Brigade officer summed up the thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Societe Generale analysts summed up the mood on Wall Street Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran unleashed a new round of military strikes across the Middle East: “Here we go again.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

One employee summed up the mood with a meme from "The Office," posted on an internal company forum, reading: "0 days since our last nonsense."

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

If “The Other Bennet Sister” has taught us anything, it’s that romance can be summed up in two words: bird calls.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Then Hamlets tone shifted, and he spoke as if he summed up all the sorrows of life.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

In summing up his aspirations, Angle mentions the film “Jurassic Park.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

“The ones who aren’t creators or influencers see wearers as cringe,” Cohen said, sardonically summing up the general feeling of nonwearers as “Your life is not that cool, bro.”

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

A shellshocked Swiatek lost seven games in a row against Bencic, including a rare set to love, with a racquet toss and tears at the end of the match summing up her frustration.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 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