make a killing
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“You’re outpacing inflation, which is good, but you’re not going to make a killing off it,” says Cory Windelspecht.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
When it comes to making money as a director, Chapman’s Jones quoted the adage, “You can make a killing, but you can’t make a living.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
The documentary “The Pez Outlaw” follows the adventures of Steve Glew, a Michigan man who tried to make a killing by trafficking in rare European Pez dispensers until he ran afoul of the company bureaucracy.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022
In 1958, the country music singer Conway Twitty said American rock ’n’ roll bands could make a killing in Canada.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2022
The big cheeses who own the various blocks and districts make a killing off it every single day.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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