vest
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In Paris, authorities have banned a yellow vest march that would have passed through Place de la République and some of the capital’s main shopping boulevards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Laura Overdeck’s side is disputing this valuation and has argued that her husband’s equity in Two Sigma didn’t vest until well after the marriage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
José Antonio Bañuelos-Díaz, 42, a Mexican national and West Adams resident, appeared in court wearing a reflective vest with the name of a landscaping company, blue jeans and boots with the American flag on them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
A photo released by police showed the robot wearing a black moustache, a gold-coloured chain and white vest.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The pilot was up front, and the man in the vest was next to her.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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Coppélia Moreau, a student organizer at Nanterre University, said yellow vests and students are united in denouncing bleak prospects for the country’s youth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Images released by emergency services showed rescue workers in high-visibility vests scrambling to move debris, rubble and dirt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Two officers wearing green vests marked “ICE” stood outside his vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"They wore construction vests and masks that concealed their faces. There is no reasonable way to identify them as ICE agents," Mamdani said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
My brother is bringing Danny, whose nose runs all the time, who wears knitted vests in diamond patterns, who has a stamp collection.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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You know the club has a vested interest in holding the player's value and the fact you have to portray positivity to protect that is sometimes unbelievably difficult.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
When they have direct, vested interests, recusals can be warranted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The proposal -- echoing the restaurant shorthand "86" for an item that is off the menu -- pits zealous reformers against vested interests, with an electorate knowing little about the issue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
County attorneys responded to the plaintiffs with a letter asserting that they should have appealed the Planning Commission’s approval of the vested rights to the county Board of Supervisors within 90 days of the decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Civilian supervision was vested in an Atomic Energy Commission comprising five presidential appointees.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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An employer match might also be yours, depending on whether the company has a vesting schedule — a certain amount of time you need to work there in order for the funds to be yours.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 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
UMA “distributes resolution authority across a transparent, marketwide framework rather than vesting it in any single decision maker,” she added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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
The success of every human undertaking depended on undisputed authority vesting in one and only one directing head—in moving-pictures, the director's.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance
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