buck for
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Nic Carter, founding partner of investment firm Castle Island Ventures, said Polymarket should stop what he describes as passing the buck for resolving disputes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
"The buck for this fiasco ultimately stops with the prime minister."
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025
“They were willing to do whatever it took to make a buck for themselves.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023
"You want to have more duration on because that means you will get more bang for your buck for that interest rate move."
From Reuters • May 1, 2023
I gave her a buck for being so nice, but she wouldn't take it.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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