junk bond

Over the past decades, various types of businesses have rotated in and out of favor—conglomerates in the ’60s, junk bonds in the ’80s, tech in the ’00s—but the basic workplace structure, of office cubicles and face time, has remained the same.
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But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
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Failure to bond to their parents was the prominent reason children were being given away.
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With no record and no warrants, he was given a four-figure bond by a judge the next morning.
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Marriage is a bond and a commitment—marrying yourself is ridiculous because you are already married to yourself.
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He was released within the hour without a bond on his own recognizance.
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I have written to her, and to Mrs. Coningsby; and she is perfectly free: every bond is relinquished, but that of the heart.
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The bond of marriage seemed an accursed thing, the mere slavery of women.
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Out of a dark porch, ten paces along Bond Street, appeared a burly figure to fall into step a few yards behind Gray.
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A lingering hope was dispelled when, looking right and left along Bond Street, he failed to perceive the missing pair.
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Ten paces along Bond Street he encountered a small, stooping figure which became detached from the shadows of a shop door.
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British Dictionary definitions for junk bond

junk bond

noun

finance a security that offers a high yield but often involves a high risk of default

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