hit it big
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If the best way to hit it big is to make a podcast that someone like Altman adores, then the rest of us are probably in trouble.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026
He asked employees to trust his leadership, promising they’d benefit if the company ever hit it big.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
Memecoin investors include bitcoin millionaires and people grasping at the chance to hit it big.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
Loewe, one of the gala’s sponsors, hit it big by dressing the evening’s mastermind, Anna Wintour, in a black coat adorned with blooms.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
Neal had hit it big in the technology field, really big.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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