make a fortune
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Hua's wishes for the Year of the Horse were straightforward: "Of course, I hope to make a fortune, have a smooth life and stay healthy."
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
It goes the other way, too: U.S. companies make a fortune selling software, financial products and oil across the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
They were correctly betting that the winners would make a fortune.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
Posing as an aristocratic novelist, she saw an opportunity to make a fortune - by convincing 1,000 islanders to relocate to a patch of Australian swamp.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
“Oh, of course. There are all of my notes and jottings. We must never let them fall into the hands of my mother. She may make a fortune from them. It would be too ironic.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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