vest
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He gets dismissed until shedding his jacket and revealing a company vest with “SK Hynix” emblazoned across the back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
In a bid to address "the concerning rise in serious and fatal accidents" involving the motorised vehicles, it is now mandatory for riders to wear a helmet and high-vis vest on public roads.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Officers established a perimeter and began searching for the suspect, who was described as a man in a reflective vest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The association honored Secret Service agent Victor Gonzalez, who was shot in his protective vest while confronting the gunman, along with Washington Hilton employees who helped guests during the attack.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
It was a photo of a guy in a life vest and baseball cap with one hand on a diver’s back and a bag of rope in the other.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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Unitree had previously drawn significant attention during China's annual Spring Festival gala performance, with its dexterous robots, wearing traditional Chinese vests, seen performing Kung Fu and jumping over tables.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Conrad: I’d come up with something like the scratchy safety vests they make you wear when you go fishing on a boat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Though the drivers aren’t direct employees of FedEx and Amazon, they often wear branded uniforms or vests and drive corporate-branded vans or trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Arancini in hand, I passed a booth lined with turquoise jewelry, Coca-Cola merchandise and approximately 40 embroidered denim vests.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
He bought us cowboy hats and fringed vests, and we ate chicken-fried steaks in restaurants with ice-cold air-conditioning and a miniature jukebox at each table.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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"Our manifesto did talk about the redistribution of power, it did talk about the rewiring of our country, it did talk about taking on some of those vested interests," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“All the parties have a vested interest in honesty, and in a good user experience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
That word is “ALL”—“All legislative power herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Disney already has a vested interest in device-based entertainment.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
He’s exchanged his military clothes for an elegant, white- vested suit, and his hair is freshly cut.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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Nearly 80% of shares voting opposed the advisory “say-on-pay” resolution, with critics citing time-based vesting and growth for growth’s sake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Financial planners often recommend selling RSUs immediately upon vesting since the tax hit is already baked in, allowing you to diversify your portfolio by investing the cash from the sale elsewhere.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
These transactions were standard “sell-to-cover” moves triggered by the scheduled vesting of the executives’ RSUs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
According to ISS, another eyebrow-raising element was that the vast majority of Zaslav’s estimated compensation — over 94% — was being derived by the automatic acceleration of stock vesting and the excise tax gross-up payment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Waist Coat—Single breasted, with or without a collar, to match coat or fancy vesting.
From The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines by Vanness Copeland
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