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[pok-it] / ˈpɒk ɪt /






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Rather than pulling their money from the market, investors are increasingly shuffling money from one pocket to the other, said Farzin Azarm, a managing director of equities trading at Mizuho Americas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

It can’t be because he’s not a pocket passer, checked out of plays, or stoic and cryptic.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Of the memorable onstage moments in my career as a panel moderator, John Turturro successfully picking my pocket in front of a live audience might take the cake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

"I just wasn't comfortable with his movements so I took it out of his pocket and threw it away," Ricky Jefferies told reporters.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Then the man beside me coughed and put his hand into his jacket pocket.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Christine Idzelis explained how interest-rate spreads in pockets of the bond market have been showing their most dramatic moves in decades.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Why distribute and disinfect pagers when customers already had phones in their pockets?

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Last year, immigration arrests had only limited impact on the home-building industry, other than in select pockets of the country, such as South Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“There are big companies that have a lot of money, deep pockets — they could suffocate you, they can bog you down in litigation to the point where you can’t financially match them,” Colter said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

He dug into his trouser pockets and came out with fistfuls of grain, which he scattered on the ground.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

His team also pocketed a hefty sum -- several million dollars -- for travelling to Luanda in November 2025 for a friendly marking Angola's 50th Independence Day celebrations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Phra Wachirayan Wi, a former abbot at the prominent 14th-Century Wat Phutthaisawan in the ancient capital of Ayutthaya, allegedly pocketed donations meant for the temple on more than 20 occasions over two years.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

According to forms filed with the IRS, in 2023 she pocketed $907,923, a payout that included a $495,000 bonus, a number that exceeded her base pay at the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The actual amount pocketed by the scam artists was far less.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Furiously he strode from the room and minutes later the entire squad trooped out—not, unfortunately, before the silent soldier had spied and pocketed our precious packet of tea.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Shareholders celebrated when management decided to walk away following Skydance’s winning counteroffer, pocketing a $2.8 billion break fee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

But with rebates flowing, counterparties are now suing some of these companies for pocketing those higher costs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Prosecutor Chris Paxton KC said the total monetary value of the fraud was £86,868 and that Bush had conned 226 people who paid him for funeral plans, pocketing more than £550,000 over an 11-year period.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

A 2017 investigation by NPR and Frontline documented numerous examples of waste and fraud, including one developer pocketing tax credits without building the required housing.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

She presses the hundred back into my mother’s hand, pocketing the business card and looking past my mother to meet my eyes.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott


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