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Putin's decades-long rule in Russia has included allegedly orchestrating dozens of murders of dissidents like Alexei Navalny, using the country as his personal piggy bank and kidnapping thousands of Ukrainian children.
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Josh Meyer, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Berkshire’s piggy bank, however, has enough to buy Home Depot outright, with a few billion to spare.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 15 Jan. 2026
The probe comes amid multiple lawsuits alleging Alan Stalcup, through his GVA Property Management and other companies, uses his portfolio of apartment buildings as a personal piggy bank to finance a high-flying lifestyle.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
Estimates say there are more than 300 billion pennies already tucked away in piggy banks, cupholders, coin purses, couches, and anywhere else a copper Lincoln can hide.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2025
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Josh Meyer, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Berkshire’s piggy bank, however, has enough to buy Home Depot outright, with a few billion to spare.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 15 Jan. 2026
The probe comes amid multiple lawsuits alleging Alan Stalcup, through his GVA Property Management and other companies, uses his portfolio of apartment buildings as a personal piggy bank to finance a high-flying lifestyle.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
Estimates say there are more than 300 billion pennies already tucked away in piggy banks, cupholders, coin purses, couches, and anywhere else a copper Lincoln can hide.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for piggy bank
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“Piggy bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piggy%20bank. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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