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Recent Examples of sawbuckFor that bit of hilarious historical synchronicity alone, Asked and Answered is worth folding into your more fantastical exotics, or even a sawbuck on the nose.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2026 In most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.—PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025 But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.—
Jack Handey,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2024 And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.—
Carlos Monarrez,
Detroit Free Press,
25 June 2019 The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.—
Wired Staff,
WIRED,
28 Sep. 2004
While the Amalfi Coast’s dirty little secret is its lack of beaches (which become jam-packed come high season), Borgo Santandrea comes with a fabulous private one—and a chic beach club for its guests.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Oct. 2026
To [React with exaggerated surprise] is to DO A DOUBLE TAKE — as in, to take out double letters (not consecutive ones, mind you).
However, sustained gold purchases by central banks continue to provide crucial underlying support, potentially propelling prices back toward roughly 4,400 dollars per ounce by year end.
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,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2026
These gaps in our system are leaving people behind and costing our health system billions of dollars.
By now, Robin is in his early fifties and still living in Edinburgh.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
Just two players recorded fifties — England’s Harry Brook and Emilio Gay — and four different bowlers took five wickets or more in an innings, the first time that has happened in a Lord’s Test.
At the other end of the market, have a Chelsea dual-action pump for a fiver.
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Since movie-ticket purchases are not necessary, customers can just grab a bucket and a fiver (plus tax), and Netflix and chill with way too much popcorn for however many people fit on your couch.