Example Sentences

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In the most recent week, as crude prices continued to fall, stations were pocketing 55 cents a gallon before labor and other expenses, according to OPIS.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2022

If Texas Instruments was repurchasing shares, its investors were pocketing cash.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2022

After all, they were pocketing generous commissions from credit card companies for each new customer they referred, and my stories were bad for business.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2015

Owners who were pocketing profits of up to $11 million on one-month voyages in 1973 are now scrambling for charters at any price or simply laying up their ships.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Spaniard now seemed compelled to look up from the gold Hough's comrades were pocketing.

From The U. P. Trail by Grey, Zane