Example Sentences

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Bucket shop patrons were positioned heavily for Amalgamated to rise, so the proprietors shorted the stock “to establish as low a quotation as possible,” the Journal wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Investors might try to move a real-world asset price, like the bucket-shop “attack” on Amalgamated Copper, to collect in a prediction market.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Nelson, who is also secretary of the Scottish Amalgamated Committee of the Apprentice Boys of Derry, said both groups were "law-abiding".

From BBC • May 27, 2025

“It’s everywhere,” said Cory Rigtrup, vice president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587, in an interview.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

He grew up in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers union housing across from Van Cortlandt Park, in the Bronx.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell