hit it big
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Kioxia’s success set off a hunt by investors for the next company to hit it big.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
Memecoin investors include bitcoin millionaires and people grasping at the chance to hit it big.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
“Being from a working-class family from Bell, I always thought, ‘One day, we are going to hit it big and maybe move to Downey.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024
In Harlem hundreds of poor people invested their pennies, nickels, and sometimes dollars in the hope that they would hit it big.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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