wage
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Northampton's ability to match Pollock's wage demands may be hampered by a league-wide £6.4m salary cap and their own generation of young stars.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
But house prices have risen significantly since, outstripping wage rises most of the time.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Benefits costs have sped up compared to a year ago, while wage increases have slowed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
California has the highest minimum wage out of all 50 states, according to the governor’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Declaring that he would never take back the strikers, he raised the minimum wage for a police officer and set about recruiting an entire new police force.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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Many lower EFL clubs also look to time moves to save on wages, signing someone later in the window meaning they might save weeks' worth of salary payments.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Workers’ compensation covers medical costs and lost wages for employees hurt on the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Finally, about half of NFL's revenues are paid out as wages.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
They paid almost 4% extra to wages instead.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The wages Mamá was paid at the hotel were too small to support the seven of them, and Lupita earned only centavos for her errands.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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A historically nomadic people, Tuaregs, who are spread across Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya and Burkina Faso, have waged an armed struggle for decades against marginalisation, with action centred in particular around Kidal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
This is why the nation’s founders instituted religious freedom — they witnessed how Europe was torn apart by wars waged between different flavors of Christianity.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
The Upper Bann assembly member said even as he raised concerns directly with Burrows, an "insidious campaign of rumour and gossip" was being waged against him.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The accusation that voicing criticism of a campaign waged on flawed assumptions and fanciful expectations means rooting for the enemy is repugnant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
He seemed to be struggling with himself, for the words did not come easily and the fierce inner battle he waged had brought the sweat out on his forehead and left his lips dry.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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As his raw dairy grew, McAfee portrayed himself as an underdog waging a war against industrialized food.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
And California teachers have been waging a coordinated statewide campaign, winning new contracts in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The U.S. has been waging a “war” on screwworm, U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: "I can't think of a worse time to do this with a war waging in Europe."
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Van Riper beat Blue Team because of what he had learned about waging war in the jungles of Vietnam.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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