make a fortune
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There, again, if enough people pick stocks at random, some of them will make a fortune through sheer chance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Businesses are going to make a fortune, and that's why you cannot continue to have a payroll tax system that taxes jobs and then subsidizes automation," the governor said in a statement.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
They have nice lives, they make a fortune, their companies are huge, they already own their yachts and whatever it is they want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
What has emerged is the hope that anyone, with the right product and a little bit of luck, can make a fortune in K-beauty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
When I thought he was finished, I asked him, “Did Upton tell you how he did that rainmaking?You’d make a fortune if you could do it.”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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