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The move once again has Trump at odds with Congress’s China hawks, who argue the administration is shortchanging America’s national security interests to make a buck.
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Julia Shapero, The Hill, 13 Aug. 2025
When Prohibition was finally repealed in 1933, the city’s criminals were forced to find new ways to make a buck.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Cause just slapping s*** to make a buck is like, come on now.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
But if Tesla can make a buck selling sports cars with 6,831 lithium-ion batteries that weigh all together about 1500 lbs, surely a car company could do better with the lighter, cheaper to produce, greater energy density and longer life cycle of the batteries being offered by Planar.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2010
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Julia Shapero, The Hill, 13 Aug. 2025
When Prohibition was finally repealed in 1933, the city’s criminals were forced to find new ways to make a buck.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Cause just slapping s*** to make a buck is like, come on now.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
But if Tesla can make a buck selling sports cars with 6,831 lithium-ion batteries that weigh all together about 1500 lbs, surely a car company could do better with the lighter, cheaper to produce, greater energy density and longer life cycle of the batteries being offered by Planar.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2010
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“Make a buck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20a%20buck. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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