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Recent Examples of sawbuckFor the record, the Aztec Room & Patio can accommodate some 200 visitors, and yes, that 19-foot ceiling is genuine 18-karat--nary a pre-Depression sawbuck was spared when constructing this masterpiece.—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 In most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.—PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025 But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.—Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021 And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019 The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
Every year, charities with leadership linked to the CCP pump millions of dollars into American environmentalist charities, some of which work directly with the Chinese government to accomplish its policy goals.
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Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
On the low end, that could save around $75 each month over the life of a 30-year, 5% interest, half-million-dollar loan — or a total of around $25,000.
Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus chairman Bryan Strawser told the Washington Examiner that tens of thousands of AR-style rifles and accessories are already lawfully owned in Minnesota, and state-level bans on these items would likely not survive legal challenges.
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Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
With tens of thousands of attendees having now dispersed, vital witnesses or clues could be lost.
In those days, Mike Schmidt had the biggest contract at $2.1 million while rookies were paid $60,000, so a C-note from all your teammates was big money.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
The official pocketed the 25 C-notes and wrote out the permit.
Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.
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Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
All the twos and threes and ones converged among the skeletons, still avoiding eye contact.
Shortly before midnight, witnesses told police the man entered the banquet hall, grabbed a gift box that contained the cash and checks and then exited the building.
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Jack Moore,
ABC News,
6 Sep. 2025
If no one wins the jackpot, the cash prize will continue to tick up.
That’s just me, though, and if an American citizen wants to put a tenner on the Lakers’ likelihood to hire on even more geriatric former stars, then feel free.
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Luther Ray Abel,
National Review,
2 Dec. 2022
Putting down an odd number, such as $10.11 instead of just a tenner, in the closing hours is her lucky tip for beating the masses.
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