Example Sentences
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These giant pants had these huge pockets in them, and I would put a big, gallon Ziploc bag with a clean T-shirt and clean socks inside the pant pocket.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Medicare and Medicaid cover about 70%, or $154 billion, while patients and families pay 20%, or $46 billion, out of pocket.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
Short sellers typically borrow shares and sell them, hoping they can buy them back later for less and pocket the difference.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
One pocket of the market was managing to brush off the pain.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Trey wasn’t super dressed up—he sported a nice pair of jeans and a crimson-red button-up with an OU embroidered on the pocket.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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