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Added to this, Whitehall has historically faced criticism for treating the armed forces as a budget piggy bank to be raided whenever public funds run short.
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David Szondy
july 01,
New Atlas,
1 July 2026
Emilee Hackney is an eighth-generation Appalachian who grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia in a family so impoverished her parents occasionally raided her and her brother’s piggy banks to pay the mortgage and buy groceries.
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Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
28 June 2026
Seems like most of us better start stocking our piggy banks and reminding Congress that Social Security matters.
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
But so can characters pushing the knickknack/plaything boundary, like porcelain figurines and piggy banks.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
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David Szondy
july 01,
New Atlas,
1 July 2026
Emilee Hackney is an eighth-generation Appalachian who grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia in a family so impoverished her parents occasionally raided her and her brother’s piggy banks to pay the mortgage and buy groceries.
—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
28 June 2026
Seems like most of us better start stocking our piggy banks and reminding Congress that Social Security matters.
—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
But so can characters pushing the knickknack/plaything boundary, like porcelain figurines and piggy banks.
—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for piggy bank
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“Piggy bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piggy%20bank. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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