| 单词 | bill |
| 例句 | Little curls of her hair lay on the bill like vines on a green roof. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Luria assured him that I would fit the bill and immediately wrote me the good news. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “When you deliver me the money for your bill, I’ll be glad to put you on credit again.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll probably be through junior high school, almost, before I earn enough to pay Doc Murphy’s bill. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He folded the bills and stuffed them into the pocket of her shorts. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He tossed a handful of bills back down. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There are currently about 245,000 Indians answering phones from all over the world or dialing out to solicit people for credit cards or cell phone bargains or overdue bills. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z All the bills were facing the same way, so that the eyes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Hamilton were all looking at Evan as he counted out the cash. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Runs up thousand-dollar phone bills making prank calls to the Middle East. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The bill created dozens of new federal capital crimes, mandated life sentences for some “three-strikers,” and authorized more than $16 billion for state prison grants and expansion of state and local police forces. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She put the bill back in the fold and held the wallet out. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Bobby smiled for the first time in months when he heard that the Icelandic bill had been enacted, and on March 23, 2005, he was released from his cell. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When Val brought the beers, Jimmy handed her a hundred-dollar bill and told her to keep them coming until it was gone or somebody hit the floor. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Excuse me. I’m sorry. We need you to take care of your dog’s bill.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z According to one freight bill, the Underworld’s billing address was DOA Recording Studios, West Hollywood, California. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The five-dollar bill I get only on Fridays to buy pizza in the school cafeteria. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She dealt out eleven single dollars from a wad of bills and gave me those also. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody knew who would pay the enormous hotel bill. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It turned out that Richie hadn't paid the phone bill, and it got disconnected. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He shows the warmed-up bill to the woman who gave it to him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Their income was always unpredictable, and any time off or a lull in their business would impact how much money we had for bills and groceries each month. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z That is, your sales department had to be able to send not just e-mail messages but also documents to your billing department and spreadsheets to your supplier’s inventory department. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Say,” he said, “you don’t mean to say those penguins are going to be on the same bill with Swenson’s Seals, do you?” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Only later, inspecting the bill, would we realize that some of these items were being flown in at great expense from overseas. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then mother interrupt, say water bill too much. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the wad of bills into my fist, hugged the piggy bank to my chest and charged up the ladder to my bunk. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They had not bothered to brand the cattle because they had a bill of sale which acknowledged their Mexican brands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oga never gives me big money. He pays all the bills and he wants me to ask for everything I need. Some men are like that.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When I was younger, whenever I looked at dollar bills, I always had a strange sense that Washington was glaring at me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I thought it was another dollar bill, and my lungs inflated. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Margaret looked over the bill, took a credit card from her wallet, and slipped it into the leather folder. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sergio slipped his hand into his jeans pocket to feel the twenty-dollar bill his grandmother had given him three days ago. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I stuffed them in my pocket, but his bills and correspondence I put back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I think Mom is still paying off my dad’s hospital bills. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Let Felix give you money—or lend you money—for bills and insurance.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “You've got some nerve!'' He pulled out a bill, inspected it closely, and then held it in front of the kitchen light. “Hold on!'' he said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z "Are you trying to run up my bill?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The crow was sitting on the fence, pecking ineffectively at the string with his bill, cawing softly to himself, a miserable sound. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a warm August evening, just turning dark, and my dad got on his bike to go pay the electric bill. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Well, I brought him his change from paying his gas bill and he said: ‘Put it here in my pocket; my hands are dirty,’ ” John said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Complicating matters, the FBI had just discovered that the hundred-dollar bills found in the burglars’ pockets had all been withdrawn from a bank account belonging to the Committee to Reelect the President. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He handed Z some bills and reached behind him for the door handle. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She hands me a bill and I’m off running, down the stairs, up the street, as fast as I can. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be an ordeal, putting our home back together, but we were far better off than most: We had international connections and the wad of hundred-dollar bills my father had brought with him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Another stroked his bills with a thumb and forefinger. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not seem at all concerned when now and then a guest checked out without advance notice, leaving her bills unpaid. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Luke braced himself, but Ricky reached into his jeans pocket and pulled out three twenty-dollar bills, holding them out to Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When the store owners would trade the old rolls for new bills, we’d open them at home to see what was inside. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The top envelope was a bill for Henry, but the second one was addressed to her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Katie looked at the candy, at the new bills and then at her children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He cut a piece of line and tied the fish’s lower jaw against his bill so his mouth would not open and they would sail as cleanly as possible. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They often stopped at the Store to get change for bills so they could give out jangling coins to their children, who shook with their eagerness to get to town. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He fanned the stack of bills in front of him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Exotic crimson flowers and birds poked their pistils and stamens and bills every which way up and down her torso. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “My brother lives on the outside and pays my bill,” Ruth says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z We went to the pizza place and talked about who could have taken Jimmy’s two-dollar bills. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Then Daddy tucks some bills into an envelope he mails at the post office. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “I have a whopping cleaning bill these days,” he said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He went over to him and took out the small wad of bills he had counted over and over again in Miss Pat’s hallway. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe he’s not thinking of me at all; maybe his mind has wandered to his car or his electric bill or the movie he watched on TV last night. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Given that the bird or birds seen near my home and supposedly seen all around town were albino species, their bills were just about the color that the Lazarus’s would have been. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Charlie entered the store and laid the damp dollar bill on the counter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I felt around in her coat and found a five-dollar bill and three singles in one pocket and her striped scarf rolled up in the other. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Then I started thinking about the bills and about what I would see the next day at the hospital and about the schoolwork I would miss by being absent. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Or else his phone gets cut off because he hasn’t paid the bill. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s nothing that would seem to make this bill float in the air. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. Smith dug out her wallet, her bracelets jingling, and then handed me a fifty-dollar bill. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z One day, we drove somewhere to pay a bill. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I reached into my skirt pocket and pulled out the ten-dollar bill. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “He’s worried about the negative press my Safety Through Education bill is getting.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was the only way Felix was able to sleep the past few nights—knowing they had a million-dollar bill coming up on Sunday. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It would not have occurred to Ifemelu to refuse the check; now she could pay some bills, send something home to her parents. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She took the five-dollar bill the woman was holding out and made change from her lock box, focusing all her energy on the part of her brain that worked just fine. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Wei took a wad of bills out of his pocket and placed the twenties on the outside, then flicked past the tens and fives till he got to the ones, in the middle. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He stretches the bill, snaps it a couple of times, showing that it is, in fact, just a standard Andrew Jackson, nothing fancy, no tricks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The bills were crisp and fresh and I tried to imagine Mary's surprise when I paid her all my back rent and board. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the bill and stepped close to the street light, reading. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We didn’t really question whether this was all of the bill,” she says in retrospect. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She went through his pockets and took any large bills she found. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I think of the merchant who took Slats, the horse, because Mrs. Strawberry hadn’t paid a bill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “They needed the cash,” he tells Mami when she’s paying the bills and worries that there’s not enough in the bank to cover them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When someone gave him a nice truck, he sold it to pay church utility bills. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I’ve been paying my weekly bill on the blue zoot suit, real steady. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I pressed the two twenty-dollar bills for the Chinese food on the table into a neat stack so they were one right on top of the other. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Carlos: Yeah, but my parents probably read their electric bill. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “I still say it’s robbery,” he says as hands me the crisp bills. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Their wages wouldn’t even get them out of debt to my grandmother, not to mention the staggering bill that waited on them at the white commissary downtown. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulls out a ten-dollar bill and lays it on top of the shoebox. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I have here a ten-dollar bill,” Mr. Warren said, taking it out of his wallet and holding in the air for all to see. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He took it, dropped some bills on the bar, and went to the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Some of the bills have big red letters on them, the amounts underlined in black. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In the top drawer eight ten-dollar bills and a bunch of keys. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The leftover medical bills from Mrs. Zimmerman’s cancer had all but wiped him out. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Paying my bill, I left the bus terminal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The outdoor concert was joyfully billed as “three days of peace and music.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I was about to give my home address, where I would probably be by the time the bill arrived, but then I thought of my mother opening the bill and seeing what it was for. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z With a million pink Congolese bills we couldn’t have bought our way onto the ferry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa handed me two one-dollar bills, saying to Rubin, “You hold your money and he can hold his. If you lose, you had better pay off.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Illinois senate was hung up in a marathon debate, trying to settle on the provisions of a major crime bill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He slipped his fingers into his vest pocket and felt the crisp roll of bills. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She slid the bills in her apron pocket. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He bent down and picked up the bill, smoothed it with his fingers and held it out to Stewart, who came forward to take it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The crumpled bill lay there on the floor. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z If he wanted to win, surely, they thought, he would vote against the bill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z All we do lately is run up our white lady’s phone bill. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He picked up the piece of foil in his bill, waved goodbye, and flew off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Ice pulled out a roll of bills from his pocket and gave the woman twenty dollars. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Nicole was wearing a ball cap with the bill pulled low. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She stuffed the bill into the side pocket of her long pink gown. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Some of them had separated their money, folded the bills around their fingers, clenched the fingers into fists, so the neat ends of the money stuck out in a blend of daintiness and violence. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I stuffed the bill into the envelope and wrote: I am enclosing some money and hope it helps somehow. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z With his first paycheck, he offers to pick up $50 of the food bill. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Her father explained the loans, the payments, the billing, and the payroll. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly paid with two of the bills the young man had given her and, as she swayed past Miss Lee, she said, “We know when we not wanted. We can take our trade elsewheres.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I offered Mom some of the money I earned, to help with the bills or at least the groceries, but she wasn’t having any of that. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Three times over the course of the fall of 2011, Barack proposed bills that would create thousands of jobs for Americans, in part by giving states money to hire more teachers and first responders. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He drew forth the roll of bills, peeled off one for himself, and held out the rest of the money toward her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He tossed a few green bills at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept peeking in his envelope, at the crisp fifty-dollar bill inside. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z While Mama filled out the money order and figured out how to pay some of the other bills, Ty'ree made grocery lists and school supply lists and added and re-added the cost of everything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z All because Diana wanted to prove that her father’s bill was necessary. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "Please," she says, urging the bills on him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There was a motion to pass Clark’s bill out of committee, but it wasn’t seconded. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I waited until Julian and his father were on the far side of the next booth before I unfolded the ten-dollar bill. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why’re you so happy?” he grumbled, shoving bills into the register. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The mailboxes were on the first floor, and for weeks Alex had avoided theirs, figuring the only mail they could possibly get was bills he didn’t know how to pay. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z During a single, early week of senate business in Springfield, Barack had introduced seventeen new bills—possibly a record, and at the very least a measure of his eagerness to get something done. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When Mama told them he used to send money home to help out with bills, the detectives suggested that Quinton might be involved in something he didn’t want us to know about. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It looked as if we might lose the house because my parents still owed money on Lynn’s medical bills and my mother wouldn’t work as many hours any longer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Every weekend, I’d pay my bill—anywhere from fifty to even one hundred dollars, if I had really plunged on some hunch. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Closer to home, the tobacco industry—and so the Piedmont region—would benefit from a bill wending its way through Congress, legislation designed to keep tobacco support payments steady and high. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He offered to help out with the bills instead of spending his earnings on himself. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mami sometimes turns off the air-conditioning when the electricity bill has been too high or when the calendar says it’s supposed to be fall, regardless of what the temperature is. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Now that she had, I really wanted to find a job, not just to keep busy, but also to try to help him out with the bills. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He handed Uncle Vernon the bill and the postcard, sat down, and slowly began to open the yellow envelope. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He’d found what he was looking for—a sheaf of bills from the Unseen City—and it had stolen his attention away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They ask for the bill, step out together into the cool October evening. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Oh, my goodness, it was the bill for teeth removal! Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I urged that our first offering should be a bill of three one-act plays, including Paul Green’s Hymn to the Rising Sun, a grim, poetical, powerful one-acter dealing with chain gang conditions in the South. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then when the three of them came into the house for dinner, after washing the last of the hog smell off their hands in the mudroom, Dad handed Mother the tax bill without comment. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Once the entire bill was paid off, we could take our clothes home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Grandpop held out his hand, and Crab put the bills in his palm. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There was a bill in his hand already. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Finally he shoved the bill in his jeans pocket. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They shrugged their shoulders and handed my dad a bill. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The Warden found enough sales work to afford to rent a house in Birmingham, manage the bills, and keep his family happy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Two dollar bills and some coins dropped onto the floor as he pried open my fingers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A few Cheerios poured out of the box into the sink, and then a bundle of bills banded with a strip of paper. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And when Luke needed money to pay the electric bill last year, after days calling it “camping” so the twins wouldn’t worry, Coach paid it without question. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Fukida, a leathery old farmer in overalls and a billed cap, answered in English that was too precise, too perfect. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I would buy their lunches, take their suits out to have them pressed, pay their light, telephone, and gas bills, and deliver notes for them to their stenographer girl friends in near-by office buildings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Etta's job was gone, and that meant eight dollars less a week besides the doctor's bill. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Where my mom paid the bills and bought food. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Sewn on the back of the jacket was a replica of the American eagle on the dollar bill. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After Mom pays the bill and we start toward the mall, I am still thinking about what she said about making friends. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Chester passed the first dollar bill up to Harry Cat, who took it over to the cage and pushed it through the gate. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I hand her my money bag and she hands me my double commission in cash, with an extra twenty-dollar bill. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She rummages in her purse and draws out a sheaf of bills, rolls them up and offers them to the men. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Hal rolled the bills like a cigarette and put them in his vest pocket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He earned about $125,000 from Harvard and the Brigham; out of that he paid his personal bills as well the mortgage on his mother’s house, channeling any leftover funds to PIH. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She had seen too many working couples who, after the children came and the bills piled up, rarely communicated with each other except in bitter snarls. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, understand one thing right now. No strange man is going to pay my hospital bill. I shall stay here until honest money buys my freedom.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We ate lunch out at least once a week and sometimes more often than that, always, of course, billing Sidley & Austin for the pleasure. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Let’s talk about why you really didn’t mail the breakup box,” Dylan says, like he’s going to bill me for this conversation. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan signed tax bills that benefited the wealthiest Americans and also gave tax breaks to the working poor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z To pay Lynn’s medical bills and our new mortgage, my father worked almost constantly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Ell give some money to my mom to pay bills and stuff, and so she can go back to school.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “By September, I’ll probably be ecstatic when we get the phone bill.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Work, fool,” I said, folding the bills in half. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t you worry about food and bills,” Dad said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The country’s legal system would guarantee equality before the law, and a bill of rights would be drawn up to protect civil liberties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Davis brushed some cereal dust off the hundred-dollar bills, stacked them next to the sink, and then grabbed them. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “This puppy’s got a clean bill of health.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The ball missed his head but nipped the bill of his cap and sent it spinning like a flying saucer out to shortstop. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time they asked me to translate a bill, I’d groan about it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She took the lid off and waited for me to put the bill inside. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “I aim to show them the power of a two-dollar bill.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But he was decent and responsible, never gambled or lost his temper, and always paid his bills on time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He got up to pay the bill, but the owner grabbed him and began to speak to him in an angry stream of words. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He counts the single dollar bills in his hands, looks at the menu, and then counts again. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He said, “When do you think you can pay this bill?” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z In her letter, there were two twenty-dollar bills wrapped in foil, with a card that read “Buy yourself nice things for school.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I stuffed the bills into my wallet, and when the telephone receiver clattered onto its cradle I turned around holding nothing but a pack of Big Red. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And while my mother used the restroom, I slipped the waiter a five-dollar bill. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The change was still in there, but no bills. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to open the bills until I have the money to pay everything.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Well, have I been pressing you? Have I ever made you out a bill and asked you to pay up?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The favorite thing to sign was a dollar bill. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But she realized, even if the donor had been him, she was just grateful that Mamma and Papa wouldn’t be footing the bill. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Etta finished counting his money, set the stack of bills back on the table, and folded her arms across her chest again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He sat down, still forlornly holding the bill. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Off to one side, a wire mail holder, filled with bills. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He made a stack of the bills, moved them toward her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He had us drop him off at his apartment—he had some excuse, plausible enough, I can’t remember what it was—and when he got out of the car he gave me a hundred-dollar bill. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z For as long as she could remember, Pearl had understood the hierarchy: her mother’s real work was her art, and whatever paid the bills existed only to make that art possible. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So, when I enrolled for my final year at Barnard, I paid what I owed on my tuition with Dad’s wadded, crumpled bills. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I nodded, but I could see by the way he was folding and unfolding his bills that he was having trouble. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Willard peeled a few bills from his wallet and handed them to Buddy. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Sure,” I replied, and crushed the ten-dollar bill into the palm of my hand. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My father pulled out his wallet and quickly remedied the situation; several hundred-dollar bills, at least, must have changed hands. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I lowered a five-dollar bill to him and, soon after, pulled up my lunch and my change. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees "introduced bills calling for sweeping reorganization of the entire intelligence apparatus of the government." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The less money Mr. Flanders spends, the fewer bills he gets. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He established the Campbell-Yates Manufacturing Company, which he billed as a firm that bought and sold everything. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A night at a Catskills motel that billed itself as Lovers’ Lane was as crazy as they got. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He has not checked his mail in over a week, and among two flyers and a paycheck and a single utility bill is a small package from a veterans’ service organization located in West Berlin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In one coffee shop, when the owner presented a group of customers with their bills, they knocked him out and ransacked the place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z "Well, don't bother copying that one. Twenty-three barrels of pickled cod, eighteen jars of fish oil, a cask of salt ..." "An inventory," Sam said, "or perhaps a bill of sale." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It doesn’t matter if trust-fund money is running out; if credit card bills go unpaid on the kitchen counter. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I would get the gold and the bills, I thought. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents were hoping to make enough money to pay some back rent and maybe the water bill, too. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “They’re sending me away again. Soon as I have a clean bill of health.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was his first bill for the cost of turning Berkeley into the nation’s pioneering institution of Big Science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita’s marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a duck that would have fit in the palm of his hand, with a tiny hole in its bill. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They talked a bit more, the cap’n counted out some more bills, then the bloody colored man counted ’em and said, “Reach me the paper back.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He tugged at the skin of his neck and then fished out a damp roll of bills and peeled off several. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We were inordinately lucky that my university health insurance would cover most of the bill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She used to put her coat on a hanger, her sneakers in the closet, and she paid bills as soon as they came. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My hand closed around it and held it close to my eyes so I could see it: a twenty-dollar bill. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That would be when they cut bad—when the cane stalks flew up to slam the face, or the bill would slip and cut a coworker nearby. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter if these Osage needed their money to pay for education or a sick child’s hospital bills. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was rewarded with a handful of coins and two dollar bills. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I reach into my pocket and pull out five one-hundred-dollar bills, which is more money than I have ever held in my hand, and may very well be Dad’s life savings. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank held out a paint can full of change and crumpled bills. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The thought of the big stack of bills on the kitchen table rises in my mind. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The cab pulls up, and she hands me a fifty-dollar bill. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Inside was a check, blank except for Henry’s signature, and a twenty-dollar bill. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My dad didn’t argue with me about not paying for Julian’s hospital bill. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Twice, Bellevue sent bills for impossibly large amounts of money for services her insurance was supposed to cover. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He lived his life in defiance of that very prospect, assiduously looking after our car, paying the bills on time, never discussing his advancing multiple sclerosis nor missing a day of work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The bill of his cap was dark brown with dirt and greasy fingerprints. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He paid his bill, adding a generous tip, and bowed to the diplomats as he left. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I saw the rug covered with coins of all dimensions and a few crumpled bills. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I had other bills, so I decided to sell the only thing I had of any value—my horse, Bud. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Big Ma scolded and fussed, running up the phone bill even higher. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The worst, for some reason, are the Visible Christians—like the ten-person table, all jolly and sanctified after Sunday night service, who run me mercilessly and then leave me $1 on a $92 bill. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At irregular intervals they presented him with a dirty slip of paper which they said was the bill, but he had the impression that they always undercharged him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Even from a distance, Jesper could see the stacks of bills in palest Kerch purple, emblazoned with the three flying fish, row after row of them, bound in paper bands sealed with wax. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He pulled a wad of bills out of his pocket. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Running from slavery and then coming back all those times to free everybody else—like a relay through the Underground Railroad—and Uncle Tony said she might be the new face of the twenty-dollar bill. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He told us he almost felt sorry for the software salesmen when he handed them the bill, which didn’t even include the hefty fine from the park service for trashing the sea grass. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And no one knows why Mr. Chance lent it to Daisy, except of course that she was Daisy Nation, and she paid her bills promptly and had taught the Chance children at Harewood School. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z At quarter to three, Lou Epstein banged open the lower cash drawer and counted the big bills into a brown envelope. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach up and wedge the bill into the frame’s alarm switch so the alarm doesn’t go off, then I open the door just a crack and slide through onto the rooftop. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Next I searched my pockets, finding not even a bill, or an advertising folder, or a Brotherhood leaflet. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can speak their tongue well enough to collect bills, but not well enough to live among them.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The investigator cited with displeasure “Exhibit Q”: a bill for $319.05 that Mollie’s mother, Lizzie, had racked up at a butcher shop before her death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She had saved a string of duck bills, too, that she’d fill with hard sugar for a special treat. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Hamilton gave me a shoe box of ten thousand dollars in ten dollar bills. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mom, however, told us that the FBI wasn’t really after Dad; he just liked to say they were because it was more fun having the FBI on your tail than bill collectors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Knowing Americans felt threatened, he’d been confident Congress would pass his bill. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But when that bill came—the fiddler’s bill—that bill for the tea, it was so much heavier than anyone expected, Boston was thrown into a paroxysm of anger and despair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee Chong got the truck in payment of a grocery bill. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, pouncing, it had aimed a blow of its great bill at Fiver, who just managed to dodge in time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Because I didn’t pay the phone bill,” Mom says. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “God sees fit to let something happen to a Malaga pauper, and Phippsburg pays the bill. It’s a scandal.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Nor pay the bills, according to Sarah’s parents.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I pulled a ten-dollar bill from my pocket and stuffed it in the cup holder. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z One time when Mom got Jim’s bills from the men’s stores in Welch, she said my brother must have been dropped off by mistake by vacationing Rockefellers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I put the tube kit and crumpled five-dollar bill on the counter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, there was a motion to pass the bill out of committee. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And then there was the matter of the bill. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He climbed into the front of the car, turned around, and, with a wicked grin, held up a stack of bills and riffled them with his thumb. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was not enough to feed her son and daughter each night, even when her ex-husband helped with the light and water bills. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I pull out the folded dollar bill of Will’s, still in my coat pocket after all this time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The pews were decrepit, the bills were once so in arrears the electricity was nearly turned off, and the padre hadn’t installed air-conditioning, despite summer temperatures that reach 120 degrees. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Yet all too suddenly Rosy popped back into the conversation, and the possibility of really mobilizing his lab’s efforts slowly receded as we paid the bill and went out into the night. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I got by between paydays by neglecting overdue bills and borrowing money from Robin, so twice a month, when a few hundred dollars went into my account, it was gone within hours. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Laurie had christened it, saying it was highly appropriate to the gentle lovers who ‘went on together like a pair of turtledoves, with first a bill and then a coo’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A utility out of Bluefield snapped up the sewer and the water lines, and within a month, the people in Coalwood started receiving bills for what they had always thought was naturally free. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Why do Iranians always argue over the bill? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She would leave the knife sunk in his chest and then search his drawers for his bundle of one-hundred-dollar bills, so that she could pay her rent and her tuition. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In New Zealand, Hillary is one of the most honored figures in the nation; his craggy visage even stares out from the face of the five-dollar bill. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what else is on the bill,” said Mr. Popper, paying him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z We got an itemized bill each month for every food item and roll of toilet paper. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A phone with Caller ID, best friend of the occasionally delinquent bill payer. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He reaches inside his pocket and pulls out a roll of twenty-dollar bills. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The bank was practically stuffed with two-dollar bills, folded into little triangle shapes, with the “2’s” showing on the sides. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Three things lay on the doormat: a postcard from Uncle Vernon’s sister Marge, who was vacationing on the Isle of Wight, a brown envelope that looked like a bill, and — a letter for Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Diana nodded, even though she knew her father’s career hung on getting the bill passed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I already made friends with the 7-Eleven guy. He’s open all night. I wanted a Twinkie cake, but all I had was a hundred dollar bill, and he didn’t have that much change.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Now, even after she had washed her hands, holding the crisp, slender hundred-dollar bill he had given her, her fingers still felt sticky; they no longer belonged to her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was sorting through bills and had spread them out across the entire coffee table. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z When I realize she’s not going to, I dig through her wallet on the dresser, take out a five-dollar bill, and slam the door. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Windy paid the bill and left a dollar on the table for the waitress. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t client files; they were for family, stuff like birth certificates and house insurance and life insurance and repair bills and receipts for major items like our refrigerator and television and washing machine. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When taxpayers understand that the bill for spraying the town roads should come due only once a generation instead of once a year, they will surely rise up and demand a change of method. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z On June 12, 1963, President Kennedy announced that he would deliver to Congress a strong civil rights bill, a declaration that transformed him into a widely recognized ally of the Civil Rights Movement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I even kind of fan the bills out. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of them balanced each other well: Zeitoun’s English had its limits, so when bills had to be negotiated, hearing Kathy’s Louisiana drawl put clients at ease. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Shadow dropped the coin and the folded bill back into his pocket. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I looked at the money, a thick wad of folded bills. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Great salesman, considering he’s blatantly lying about a bill in the clip. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He added morosely, “You can call it either a Communist bill or a Nazi bill, whichever you think the worse.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was still feeling it in September when Congress enacted a draft bill. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z It would lie about inside his blotter, and he would answer it weeks later, one Sunday morning in a hurry, before lunch, having come across it when he paid some bills. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When I get home, there’s a note from Mom by the phone, along with a twenty-dollar bill. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “There’s still half of it left. Maybe we could put Scotch Tape along the edge and pass it off as a one-dollar bill.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He never pressed his clients, but when the bill became too large, Lee cut off credit. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She finds three twenty-dollar bills and holds them up for me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, get out the accounts and I’ll make you a bill of sale on that place.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "I, uh—" I say, because I don't happen to carry hundred dollar bills around with me. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z My father counted the bills in his wallet. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Others had stacked their bills, creased them down the middle, and held the wad as though they were about to deal cards. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, when Jelly Bones walked the aisle with his fuzzy white cap, a few riders dropped in a dollar bill here and there, and some coins. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Someone’s really sold you a bill of goods. Plenty of mortals are better at plenty of stuff than the Folk. Why do you think we steal them away?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then we all scurried around to the power company and the water authority and the landlord, paying off our bills with tens and twenties. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I have to pay the bill from this week,” Naomi said stubbornly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He gestures to the waiter for the bill. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He knows exactly what to say to each Democratic senator to make them dish about bills, exactly when Zahra’s running low on nicotine gum, exactly which look to give Nora for the rumor mill. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We go back and forth exchanging facts about animals until the bill comes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z So two cuco attacks, nearly a month apart, both on the night town councils were set to vote on a bill about Spares. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “It will buy a handsome wedding present for Sister Janet!” she exclaimed, smoothing out the bills as she counted them one by one. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z We were only as good as the hours we billed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You know, you can’t stop this bill,” said Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a bundle of bills and began to count them with an expression of utter disbelief. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I imagined a world where green bills littered the highway like empty soda cans. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Although his daughter-in-law was always nagging him to collect bills, finish work when promised, and discipline his apprentices, nothing she said seemed to touch him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a thin fold of bills from the top drawer of his desk, licked his finger, and peeled several off. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I took out a five-dollar bill and handed it to her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He has a bit of a caring-too-much problem about most things, including whether people can pay their medical bills, or marry whomever they love, or not get shot at school. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When she handed the bills to Petey, she said, “Sooooooo,” drawing out the vowel with such forced casualness that a first grader would have been suspicious. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Plus, I didn't think a girl who could send me a dollar bill or a Reebok shirt could ever understand. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I dredge a crumpled twenty-dollar bill from my jeans pocket, but Oscar holds up a hand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Wednesday took a five-dollar bill and put it into a change machine, receiving a handful of brass-colored metal coins in return. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Upon returning to his hotel room, he counted the dollar bills that were stashed away in his old suitcase. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z They were certain the bill overcharged them by twenty-two dollars. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At all the great mansions he commonly went to the back door, either to leave newspapers or to ‘collect bills.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In June, both the House and Senate approved bills to block all funds for U.S. military activities in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Since he paid his bills on time, the printers loved him and took extra care with his work. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She placed her note on top of a stack of bills—nine hundred dollars of her saved-up wages. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Again he felt the roll of crisp bills in his pocket; if things went wrong he could always run away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The bill of sale in his shirt pocket would mean very little to armed patrolmen chasing a trespasser. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “But where was your Jesus to pay your hospital bill, hmm? I know for a fact that He didn’t pay that.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Lincoln was sixth on the bill—making “Dedicatory Remarks” after music from Birgfield’s Band and the Marine Band, a prayer, a hymn, and the main speaker. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The guard straightens the back of his navy blue baseball cap with his left hand, curving the bill with his right. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Scoot uptown and bring me a twenty-five-pound sack of sugar. Tell them to stick it on my bill. After that I want every gooseberry off them bushes out back.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The bill came to seventeen dollars altogether, seventeen dollars and twenty-four cents to be exact. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But there’s a five-dollar bill and a pouch of fruit snacks taped to the bottom. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z If I had money, I could pay my parents’ bills, so we could live in a nice house like other people. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Earlier in the day, the judge said, he called the Utah State Legislature to ask the status of the bill Reggie had testified about. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Coins clanked onto the hard surface, followed by folded bills gliding in for a soft landing. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I told him about Dr. Fox pulling every last one of “Granny’s” teeth and me lying to Mrs. Ivy about the bill. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I think of Dad, sitting up late at night after he thought I’d gone to bed, resting his head wearily in his hands, staring at a never-ending stack of overdue bills. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Ah, Widow,” he said with a grin, “I’m glad the boy is toiling on our bill. For the love of Christ, all need to work honestly for their bread.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Ma took a twenty-dollar bill out of her purse and handed it to the judge. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I folded both bills into the origami hearts we taught the kids how to do at summer camp. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I chose a dark blue to write, I have also sent a dollar bill. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Oscar switches to clipped English, making an excuse about discussing a bill, then says to Luna, in Spanish, “Just think about it.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His mother would notice missing bills, but he could steal coins with no worries. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He jumped up and bowed and I went with him into the side room and paid the bill for the room. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The bill must have been super expensive because the judge gave my father five whole years to pay it off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Even so, Dolley returned with her mother and son to her pleasant brick home on Fourth and Walnut Streets in November and began taking in gentleman boarders to pay her bills. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “There is Nothing to Pay,” said the Waiter, before they had time to ask for the bill. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Uncle Vernon ripped open the bill, snorted in disgust, and flipped over the postcard. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Later that night the boys were treated to the annual Loyal Shoudy banquet, where they found the traditional purple necktie and a five-dollar bill waiting at each place setting. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The waiter took the money and discreetly slipped it into a bill holder he pulled from the pocket of his apron. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He tosses the packet onto the coffee table, where it falls next to a few playing cards, a rolled dollar bill, and one jagged slab of a broken mirror. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He had my monthly bills—phone, electric, and oil—on the coffee table. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a pelican, it swoops down gently, slicing the tips of little wakes until its open bill is fully submerged, scooping nearly a thousand gallons—all within seconds. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He took a handful of papers from a pigeonhole—bills and receipts; next hole, insurance; next, a small book with records of every girl. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He kept the books, hired the attorneys, called the undertaker, and eventually paid the bills. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The prosecutor asked him if I kept up with my bill. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z They stopped in a neighborhood bank which was just about to close for the day and asked a teller to give them new one-dollar bills in exchange for their old money. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That year, a number of papers ran articles about her, billing her as “Clever Mrs. Elizabeth Friedman...Govt. Cipher Expert.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Jim asked, gathering loose dollar bills off the bar and stuffing them into a pitcher full of money labeled TIP—or else next to the register. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Everyone claps, and some even throw dollar bills at me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I reach into my pocket and pull out fifteen one-dollar bills wadded up in a ball. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He folded the bills in half, pushed them into his bag. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “We can afford to pay our own bill,” Hari said finally, sounding mortally offended. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They paid attention to things like late fees and interest rates; she mostly ignored them because she couldn’t pay the bills anyway. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She unzipped a hidden pocket in her muff and pulled out a multifolded dollar bill. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Anderson was being unfair to Compton, who wisely postponed signing Oppenheimer’s statement until he could read the bill, and refused to support it once he had. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Maybe the team’s money should go to pay my medical bills. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It’s impossible not to think that he had some substance on his hands, some chemical that is causing the bill to stick. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He often put Gimpy in charge of the shop when he had to go out, and I had heard stories of the times Donner gave Gimpy money to pay his wife’s hospital bills. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And now the hospital bill hovered overhead too, yet one more steel beam threatening to bring them all down. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “In November? With no livestock? Only work I’ve got now is figuring out how we’re going to pay our bills once the hog money runs out.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Prosper leafed through the compartments but there were only a few one thousand lire notes tucked in between crumpled receipts, restaurant bills, and used vaporetto tickets. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Only a handful of college students and dog walkers stepped up to his tip box and dropped in a few bills. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He’d dropped out his sophomore year after his son was born, because his wife was sick and there was a mound of medical bills. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The painter had poured water from the duck’s bill onto a stone a single drop at a time, mixing ink to exactly the correct consistency for his work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The driver took the bill, touched the butt of his whip to the rim of his plug hat and shook the horse’s reins. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid out all the money on the bed, smoothing the bills. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Nancy Young suggested, only somewhat tongue-in- cheek, that Armpit might want to leave now, before he got stuck with the bill. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He leaves Antwerp quickly, without paying his bills. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "That will only be half-price then. Five dollars, instead of ten. Shall I bill you?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z On the third day, the owner informed me that Denna had left in the middle of the night, taking all her things and leaving her bill unpaid. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were no two-dollar bills at the A&P, and when I got back to Jimmy’s with the lightbulbs, the kids were gone and Julia herself was standing in front of the sandwich counter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It’s not guaranteed to get you a thirty-six, but Jay said I better get close since she “paid these folks a light bill” for this class. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She held her hand out, and her father smiled and placed a bill in it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Max pulls out another ten-dollar bill and uses it to pay for a sandwich and bottle of cranberry juice. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Support for the legislation was so widespread that several Southern lawmakers cast their first vote ever for a civil rights bill. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She gestures at the citizenship booklet, sitting on the stack of papers—right on top of all her bills. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z My mother pulled back the dollar bills and counted out exact change, thirteen cents, and put that on the tray instead, explaining firmly: “No tip!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z While Parliament debated the new bill, Clarkson and his allies went on lecturing, talking, changing minds all across England. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I thrust a few bills in his hand and pushed him away so he would leave me in peace. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he lays down the paper, pays his bill, and we leave. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Tim had wanted her to die so her father could cry and claim that his bill could have saved her life. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I feed it sour limes from the dima tree to make it sneeze and wipe its bill off, one side and then the other side. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “And your doctor—he never sent a bill. Mind you, I’m not complaining, but—” Diana didn’t comment on the doctor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z At the time Mr. Kapasi had been teaching English in a grammar school, and he bartered his skills as an interpreter to pay the increasingly exorbitant medical bills. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He reached into his pocket and drew forth the roll of bills. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the bill and leaped over to the cricket cage, where Tucker Mouse was sleeping peacefully. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A bill unpaid past the fifteenth of the month was a debt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “As always, we gotta pay some bills,” Hype says over the speakers in the hallway. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mom and I had plenty of days when our problem was scraping together enough money to pay the bills. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The American Congress had passed a sweeping sanctions bill. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She starts giggling and tosses the rest of the wad of bills into the air above my head, and then slams the door in, my face. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z As I walked over to the counter, the colored fellow got up to pay his bill. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You blew up the school so your father could pass his stupid bill?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She would speak sharply to the man at the grocery store for padding the bill, telling him that she wasn’t ignorant, and he didn’t like that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Folks are beginning to wonder just how much longer Uncle Sam is going to foot the bill for this misadventure. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave Henry a key and three dollar bills. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered beggars in the old days too—Baba always carried an extra handful of Afghani bills in his pocket just for them; I’d never seen him deny a peddler. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Of course she had Phil now, so the bills would probably get paid, there would be food in the refrigerator, gas in her car, and someone to call when she got lost, but still . Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And, with an agility he hadn’t been able to muster in years, the Owner swept his hands through the register drawers, plucking out every last bill. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z That was before Doc sent me a personal bill for five dollars for “sutures and labor.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Lee said, “You’ll find a book for each year and receipted bills for everything. You wanted to know how you stood. Here it is—all of it. Do you really think you’ll move?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His parents are distressed by how little money he makes, and occasionally his father sends him checks in the mail to help him with his rent, his credit card bills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If he thought they’d whip his runners, he’d fork over the forfeit fees and skip town, often “forgetting” to pay his hotel bill on the way out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Gene pulled the roll of bills from his pocket and forked them over. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When I came back she tore out a blank check and then handed me a hundred-dollar bill she had folded in the side of her wallet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The Duke’s Daughter paid the butcher’s bill, A Phantom Hand put down a new carpet, and the Curse of the Coventrys proved the blessing of the Marches in the way of groceries and gowns. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She glided over to the fireplace mantel, and placed a dollar bill in a glass Mason jar. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z There was a secret place under my ID, where Mom had me keep an emergency ten-dollar bill. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Had I not been able to get this bill passed,” he joked to reporters, “I would be sleeping on the couch.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As usual, she was broke, dumping single dollar bills, change, pennies on the counter to pay for the one-way ticket to Ohio. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I grinned sheepishly and thought about our first visit to the vet and the huge bill he’d paid with the credit card, even though my parents didn’t have the money. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “You need to make some money? What, you got bills to pay and mouths to feed?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Bunderson asked if he might get a copy of the phone bill. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Maybe his wealth was. entirely in unpaid bills. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here,” the white man said, extending a five-dollar bill to the boy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was lots of swearing and lots of coins being passed ’round and American dollar bills being waved back and forth and held squozed up in fists. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z No research student could live in, and so the only predictable consequences of being a Jesus man were bills for a Ph.D. that I would never acquire. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Look ahere. Now I can keep all those bills in one place,” he joked. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z To be able to pay your bills on time and buy whatever you want? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And she was surprised to discover that the amount of neatly folded bills Michael-Mary handed her each Saturday at noon was within two dollars of the amount real secretaries took home each week. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the little pills and paid my bill and got out of there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the bills were arranged by ones, fives, and tens. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I felt like throwing the money at him, but we kids needed it, so I put the bills in my purse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not giving you a bill because you don’t owe me anything.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They might not see the strings attached to this, but there was one on every single bill Toby held. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The desk behind the counter was covered with yellow and pink slips of paper, invoices and bills with a half cup of cold coffee sitting on top of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She calculated that the hospital bill for John could run $100,000. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I hand her the few bills and she says, “God bless you.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Who but this mouse would want to sleep on dollar bills?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Guitar paid their bar bill and helped Milkman negotiate to the door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z That divining parlor looked to fit the bill. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I folded up the bill and stuffed it in my pocket. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I pulled a ten and a twenty out of my handful of bills and dropped them on the table. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I keep sliding one-dollar bills into the machine until it spits out a ticket. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They paid the bill, shook hands, and said goodbye. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “We were becoming weary,” Elizebeth wrote, “of very wealthy men and their dealings in money matters.”They had learned a “life time lesson” that “rich men never pay their bills.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A billfold with a twenty-dollar bill—“In case you get stranded at the airport in some small town and have to buy food,” his mother had said—and some odd pieces of paper. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved to flash his “Kansas City roll,” probably fifty one-dollar bills folded with a twenty on the inside and a one-hundred dollar bill on the outside. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of centuries of material progress haven’t been long enough for us to see the final bill for our triumphs. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Yeah. He pays the bills on this baby”—Forrest tapped the card—“till I’m twenty-five. So I can work on my novel.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Adam touched the new bills so that their edges came together, folded the tissue over them and turned the ends up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Trepid handed him a wad of bills. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The fee would be added to the parents’ monthly bill, which was roughly $380. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I nodded, and she counted the bills out onto the counter. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z About his ice-cold mother, about his alcoholic father, about what a loser he is, how she needs to go out and find a real man, one that can pay the bills. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Every year we send a letter—a tax bill—showing how much you owe.” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I proudly handed one of my dollar bills to the cashier to pay for The Nutcracker. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama’s bills scurry through my mind like noisy, demanding children. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Shin had not figured out how to pay his bills, make a living, or find a girlfriend in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “It’s a waste of money. The only people who call are bill collectors anyway.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I’ll go to find the power switch, but it’s not the power, it’s because my parents didn’t pay the utility bill. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Despite his immense wealth, he failed to settle the full bill for years. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There was a dizzying array of people to pay and collect from, houses to improve and maintain, bills to deal with, invoices to issue, supplies to buy and store. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Well,” Tucker began, “I sort of thought that if there were any dollar bills in the cash register—” Harry burst out laughing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And now, instead of coming to rehearsal prepared with crisp one-dollar bills in her hand, she would come in with crisp five-dollar bills. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Bill by bill, and letter by letter, his scientific imagination was slowly choked by administrative work. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “A bill that requires every white home to have a separate bathroom for the colored help. I’ve even notified the surgeon general of Mississippi to see if he’ll endorse the idea. I pass.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Sorry but...I don’t have one bill to spare.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This might seem like a small thing to some people, I thought as I sipped my Coke and paid the bill. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper silently reached into his pocket and gave the service man his last five-dollar bill. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The dance was billed as semiformal, and we weren’t exactly sure what that meant. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Like, how is it that people can even pump gas or pay bills or tie their shoes when they’re in love? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "He paid his bill, all right? Please. I know his family. Tariq wouldn't pull a stunt like that on me." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A tiny bill poked through the eggshell, peeped once, and then continued crunching away. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He stripped off another bill and lighted it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The woman who ran the hotel would not let me pay the bill. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He lay down on his side on the new dollar bill, rested his head on the earring, and pulled the old dollar up over him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z If a worker fell ill, the mill boss would often pay the doctor’s bill. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the bill from the emergency room,” Mom said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She could get an ATM card and balance her checkbook and start paying down her bills and save up for that two-story colonial on Greenwood that was already hers in her dreams. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z His father sat with the box of Booker money on the desk in front of him, the bills laid out and counted. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He reaches into his pocket, pulls out a crumpled green bill, and presses it into George’s hand. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I pay my bills first and all the money I have left is for groceries. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But a Congolese life is like the useless Congolese bill, which you can pile by the fistful or the bucketful into a merchant’s hand, and still not purchase a single banana. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But he just shook his head, put in a few bills, and said to the waiter, “Keep the change.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I pulled a pair of crumpled dollar bills from my pocket. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She glanced at the shoe box of unpaid bills. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "The hospital says they are sending me the bill because there was no answer to the bill they sent to you." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He called for music and cane liquor for everyone, to be put on his bill. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She supported the Equal Rights Amendment, proposed in 1923; Congress passed the bill in 1912, but it was never ratified by three-fourths of the states. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z And the only thing that upset all this was his bill, which you looked at first because it seemed to stick out above the scenery—and it was upside down. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z After the bill was introduced, Stanton had the opportunity to testify before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Maybe ten bucks in coins and dollar bills. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z How do you remove the bill without disturbing the pyramid? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He watched the expression of coyness on her face change to one of amazement as she counted the bills. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I began mentally calculating how much money I could give Mom to help with the bills if I returned them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They sat in the trees around the kennel simply observing—taking notes—which they shared with one another using bill clicking as a form of semi-telegraphic communication. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He put the bills into his big handkerchief and tied up the corners into a bundle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, lust fades, and then there are children to raise and bills to pay. At some point it just becomes friendship with mutual self-interest for the benefit of society and the next generation.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I glanced back at him and he was trying to put bills into the machine, but it wouldn’t accept them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The dodo bird pecked affectionately at the god’s hooves, making a strange sound in the back of its bill. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Out in the field, after a battle in Kentucky or Virginia or Georgia, a dollar bill in your pocket would not be worth a can of beans. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I took out two one-hundred-dollar bills and put them in a different envelope, which I gave to the ghost. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s just say I hope the bill gets voted down and leave it at that.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She’d only had to say how the hate mail she was receiving made her want to go blow something up to prove to people how necessary the bill was to catch Tim’s attention. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z While she talks, I'm rolling the bills into a tight cylinder, and Mom's watching me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “This was such a good sugaring year,” said Deydey, “we’ll be able to pay off most of our bill at the trader.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z My first one was a small hawks- bill. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “It was the least I could do. You paid your bill last month,” said Mr. Thirsty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Lana started to make sounds, like the imprecations of a priestess, over the bills that the boy had given her. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As I stepped on the bus she squeezed a bunch of bills and change into my hand. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I opened my locker, a crisp fifty-dollar bill fluttered to my feet. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z One of the birds dips in and pops up again with a fish in its bill. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I reached into my pocket, pulled out a dollar bill, and dropped it into his accordion case. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Before I moved you in with us, you were eating rancid meats and hadn’t paid your water bill in three months.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z That was plenty, she said, to buy food for Brian and Maureen and me for two months and pay the water and electricity bills. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The guy takes out his wallet and drops in a few bills. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z What little I did make, reviewing an album or a book, covered approximately two electric bills every year. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The bills were piling up, and her paycheck wasn’t nearly enough to cover them all. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He gave money to those who would accept it, and secretly paid the grocer for people who couldn’t pay their bills. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I hate combined checks, because someone always wants to split the bill evenly—and I don’t want to be a jerk, but there’s a reason I didn’t order that twenty-dollar sandwich. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She pulled out a stack of fives from the register, put mine on top, then went through the stack turning each bill the same way. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Periodically, family stops by to say goodbye to our parents and deliver the packets of letters and bills they want mailed in the States. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Whose picture’s on this bill, boy?” he says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Without saying a word, he handed the cashier a twenty-dollar bill. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A video on “associate honesty” shows a cashier being caught on videotape as he pockets some bills from the cash register. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I, meanwhile, had been so afraid of floundering, so eager for respectability and a way to pay the bills, that I’d marched myself unthinkingly into the law. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That was a moment, a joyous moment, beyond the Dream—a moment imbued by a power more gorgeous than any voting rights bill. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And I can’t exactly say when animal activists around the world began calling for equal billing for their own favorite species, adding in Year of the Otter, and the Whale, and the Penguin. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I should go ask my mom to trade me quarters for my bill. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Even if I have a good crop, that wouldn’t leave me enough to pay all my bills.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A week later someone noticed that Daphne, who had not moved in with her adoptive family yet, had used a twenty-dollar bill when they went to a store. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He pointed out the date on the bill. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He studies every bill trickling through Congress and considers making rounds to sweet-talk senators, but can’t muster the enthusiasm. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “If you’ve got all that, why did you want to sleep on the two dollar bills in the cricket cage?” asked Chester. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Delightful bill. How much is this...ode to dark despair going to run you?” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Work,” Victor answered, “eat, shop, pay bills, use the phone, read newspapers, drink coffee, sleep.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The bills and fliers circulated for hundreds of miles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The only unisex singular pronoun we have is it, which doesn’t always fill the bill. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It still has her five-dollar bill stuck under the salt shaker, a half-empty cup of coffee, a dirty fork and an empty place mat with syrup stains. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The bill seemed only to include phone records. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “The bills she sends to her clients. Mom said she was going to Chicago. Maybe you can find out which clients she has in Chicago.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Hospital bills arrived daily; the uninsured roofer had sent a lawyer after them, as had Grover, who stood ready to foreclose. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He has to make a point of going to his studio, of resetting the tape on his answering machine, paying his rent check and his bills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He pulls out a thick roll of pink dollar bills and a lighter, and then sets a couple ablaze. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Not a one- dollar bill—not even a one-dollar bill and a fifty-cent piece—two dollars you had to eat! And from the Bellinis too—people who hardly make two dollars in two days.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Men tuck dollar bills into their bikini bottoms. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She wriggled a hand into a pocket of her tight, dark jeans and pulled out several hundred-dollar bills. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the check had been brought, and Dr. Fanning was reviewing the items, stacking bills on a little tray. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "I will have it put on the bill." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He pulled out his wallet, opened it and extracted a crisp hundred-dollar bill. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Can Mom and Sam not pay their bills at all? Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She pulled three crisp dollar bills out of her wallet and held them up in the air for us to see. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z We stacked up our dollar bills and separated the coins by type. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Some—not much. But oh, I was rich in promises. If the bills had ever been paid we wouldn’t need pigs. We could go to Paris tomorrow.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She started in to talking about paying bills and handling money. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In front of him a dollar bill dangles on a fishhook. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He went over to the middle window in the room, which was separated by a window seat from the cherrywood table where Mrs. Glass paid bills and wrote letters. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to pay rent to Mom and Dad, but I did have to pay for food and clothing and help with utility bills. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Leon didn’t even notice when the tuition bills from the military school stopped coming. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I counted out each $5 bill, each crumpled dollar, each coin. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, Patrick blows on the bill and it floats to the ground, landing at the feet of the woman who initially handed it to him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I wish I could draw a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or a fist full of twenty dollar bills, and perform some magic trick and make it real. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z If I could hold on to two hundred dollars over three thousand miles, I could hold on to a ten-dollar bill for a few hours. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then every few months Lynn would go to the bank to exchange the rolls for bills. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I work to not only pay my bills but to fund my music projects. I’m independent.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My wife read the mail and paid our bills. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I lifted Hassan’s mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When I ask the waitress for my bill, she tells me someone’s already paid for me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Tucker took hold of one end of the bill and shook it out like a blanket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, we are given money—brand-new crisp bills in decorated red paper pouches. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She paid with her twenty-dollar bill and got one dollar and seventy-five cents back in change. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z They weeded out the gold certificates and decided to avoid handing a clerk more than one fifty-dollar bill at a time. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Well, it does help, because it gives authority to the performance, and Shakespeare doesn’t need billing, and that way I’m not stealing his material. It’s like I’m celebrating him, which I do.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Last time Mama took out a loan, she had to use bill money to pay it back and we almost got kicked out of our apartment for missing rent. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Delilah is no trouble, no trouble at all,” he kept saying, waving away the twenty-dollar bill Mom offered. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Are you aware that you broke his nose? Don’t be surprised if your parents get a hospital bill in the mail.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was hit by a car, and we needed to pay his vet bill.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I shoved the bill into my shirt pocket and closed my eyes again, let the tears burn out through my eyelids and down my face to the street. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A senator losing a daughter to the kind of violence his bill was trying to prevent was far more sympathetic than one whose daughter had lived. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It got so that she would actually come to rehearsal with crisp dollar bills all ready in her hands to give us. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I had the bellhop put the bags and the tape-recorder into a waiting taxi, paid my hotel bill, and walked out the revolving door with the object of the search nestling in my jacket pocket. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Reaching into his pants pocket, he hauled out some crumpled bills and laid the money on the table. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Few classical composers made headway in film and many viewed it suspiciously or with condescension, as something only good enough for the paying of bills. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She plays with the dirt they’ve dug up from the yard and threatens to put the dollar bill into her mouth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Its beady black eyes and long, white bill kept me from noticing that it stood a good two feet off the ground. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z They were the first thing on the bill. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z On another occasion, a trainer put Luther up in a hotel, then booted him out the window when the bill came due. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He found his way down a pink-wallpapered hallway and into a room with a huge wooden desk that looked like the kind of place where a president might sign a bill into law. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Bigger peeled off a dollar bill for each of them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s no talk of bills or taxes, and he has no numbers to crunch. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I pull out a small bunch of one-dollar bills and a few coins and stuff them into the pocket of my pants. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For while no slaves were freed by the bill, it marked a great change in the world. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It could be a bill collector for all I know, and they always get the dial tone. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t be standing at her father’s side, telling everyone how she believed his bill would have helped prevent the destruction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "Give each of these girls a doll and put it on the bill. Sugar"—she turned to her husband, who had finished clapping the small folder closed—"hold your horses." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then later, after dinner, the way the server set down the bill. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The girls grew up knowing nothing of girdles, and the boys announced their manhood by turning the bills of their caps backward. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Essentially, the bill permitted the government to outlaw any organization and to restrict any individual opposed to its policies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Isabelle was pink as she said, “Yeah. Or, like, it was a guy and he wanted to pay my bill and didn’t know how to do that without paying for everyone’s.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A bill was written asking for approval of citizenship for Bobby Fischer, and an Extraordinary Session of Parliament was called for Saturday, March 21, 2005. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mom shook me awake and sent me up to bed, where I crashed onto the pillow, still dressed, pockets full of bills. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I had gone to a bank and changed the ten-dollar bills into hundreds. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “I have something for us instead,” she said after Rishi had paid the bill. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Here, take this,” he said, handing Alex a batch of bills. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Mixed in with the usual heap of bills and catalogs was a funny postcard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I take off my glove, raid my purse, rustle bills, pink ones, blue ones, purple. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A jockey’s pay couldn’t begin to cover the sky-high insurance rates his job warranted, much less the doctor’s bills. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached into my half open wallet and pulled out a five-dollar bill. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And then he turns his hand upside down so that the bill sticks to his fingers even as they’re pointed downward, seeming to defy the pull of gravity for it to drop to the ground. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The guy forked over a twenty-dollar bill, and Teeth Man put the Jordan in a tiny bag and handed it over. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When my mom came home, the rent and all the bills were overdue, so we were evicted. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z His face reddened around old scars as he rejected a folded five-dollar bill. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He unrolled it, and leafed through, looking for some other bill. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She looked pained when I offered her the bills. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Must be a bill collector," Hoo said, frowning over his account book. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked forward to the bill paying because the grocer sometimes rewarded Conrad and me with Sugar Daddy suckers after the grown-ups handed over the money. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The lady slapped a five-dollar bill down and slid it across the counter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Some weeks, if the wallet was light, she took only a five-afghani bill, or nothing at all, for fear that he would notice. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Meeting Dr. King didn’t pay my bills or stop people from gossiping about me and Raymond. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “We thank you for all you did on that farm bill. Made a heck of a difference.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Unlike every one of its competitors, it does not bill by the hour. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I make dollar bills spurt out of the cash dispenser and soar through the air. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Adding it all together—the lunch money, the taken-from-her-wallet money, the loose bills and change—might give me another $250 or so, depending on when I left. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes the neighbors would feed us or a dollar bill would come in the mail from my grandmother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I slipped two twenty-dollar bills in my next letter, and asked him to use some of it on postage. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They had more business than they could do among clients who if they didn’t pay their bills, at least had the money to pay them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He smoothed the bills out, lined the coins up on top of his thigh, in size order. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the unveiling of the bill, there had been phone calls and mail and huge editorials about invasion of privacy and people’s differing definitions of what a “threat” to society actually was. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Dr. Rhamid had taken Freebie into surgery three hours ago, and there had been no update on the dog’s condition, only an update on the medical bill. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “A guy paid us,” Johnny said, pulling a ten-dollar bill from his jeans. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Margarita scowled at the large bill I pressed into her hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In one of his favorite theatrical fantasies, his stage name was Perry O’Parsons, a star who billed himself as “The One-Man Symphony.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, there was something unquestionably odd about the way Henry was constantly shelling out money to him: paying his tabs, footing his bills, doling out cash like a husband to a spendthrift wife. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The bills in the fine restaurants where the Poppers often took their meals were often dreadfully high. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z He ran his hand into his pocket and pulled out a dollar bill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure the doctors wanted to keep him in the hospital, but we didn’t have insurance, and the bill was already so large that Shawn would be making payments a decade later. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I counted out every bill in my pocketbook and set the money on the counter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Treasury hundred dollar bill, and the dentist is saying, sadly, in French, “I think we can save the molar, but I’m afraid that tongue will have to come out.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z There were no “letters-unanswered” waiting to be dealt with, no bills to pay that I knew anything about. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She tells the clerk to add it to her bill, and I don’t stop smiling all the way home. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z My mom flattened the bills on her lap. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They chat pleasantly as he peels a few bills off his stack. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Dell looks down at the bill, which has just been dropped in front of him. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Kaede flips through the bills with the hand on her good arm and tests one on the tip of her tongue. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The crime bill had failed to pass the state legislature, losing by five votes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He reached into his cash drawer and pulled out two twenty- dollar bills and put them down on the desk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There, they could find a suspect among the council members opposing the bill. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He smoothed the bill with his thumb, shook his head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Social health is another kind of problem, more complex and urgent, and there will be other bills to pay. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The hotel bill was paid for several days ahead, but she had no cash. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The Italian says, Missus, you always pay your bill sooner or later and you can have anything you like in this store. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They declared blandly that the bill was unnecessary because cooperation and consultation were “usual.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Hagrid, who didn’t understand “Muggle money,” as he called it, gave the bills to Harry so he could buy their tickets. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They finish their wine and Marco settles their bill with the woman behind the bar. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And even though he was younger than the rest of the staff, Diana knew Tim was right to be worried about her father’s bill. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They were carrying locksmith tools, electronic surveillance equipment, and, between them, fifty-three crisp, sequentially numbered hundred-dollar bills. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I should buy one of those cheap magazine subscriptions and say, “Yeah, I pay a bill, and what?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Tucker jumped out from under his blanket of dollar bills and ran around the cage shouting, “Help! Fire! Murder! Police!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon was too politically weak to veto the bill. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But instead of taking his hand from his pocket, he closed it over the thick roll of bills. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The typical lunch menu varied, but all had one thing in common: whatever the bill of fare, it was dominated by foods salty enough to make customers as thirsty as possible for another beer. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He said he’d bill me at the end of the month. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z People lose jobs, move, get married and unmarried, get sick, fall behind on bills, have more kids. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She sat naked on her bed and looked at her life, in this tiny room with the moldy carpet, the hundred dollar bill on the table, her body rising with loathing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I thought the book Henry from Across the Street might fit the bill, but I couldn’t have been more wrong; if Mrs. van Daan doesn’t jump down my throat, Mr. Dussel does. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I open the backpack, wondering if there's any chance Max has forgotten some old granola bar or a few dollar bills. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Around the first of the month, when the bills came due for the phone, gas, and electricity, Valencia would have me go through the books and make a list of everyone who owed her money. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z O’Dell had assembled protective shields for us—baseball caps with squares of clear plastic, rescued out of some garbage can, taped to the bills so they hung down in front of our faces. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A portrait of Democritus is now on the Greek hundred-drachma bill. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed me a roll of bills and winked, adding, “By the way, I gave you a little bonus.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Last night he had also given me an envelope with two hundred dollars in ten-and twenty-dollar bills to put in my suitcase. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Mother examined the bill, all their faces were grim. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Over a period of weeks, criticism mounted steadily in volume and color; in one interview, Harold Urey labeled the measure the “first totalitarian bill ever written by Congress.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Flora Baumbach slapped a wad of bills on the table and two clinking quarters. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It helped me with stupid stuff like the time I found a dollar bill and got too excited and was crazy enough to show it to Larry Dunn. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom could’ve pawned it by now and taken care of bills, filled our fridge, but she entrusted it to me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Lou took a little black purse from his pocket, counted out some bills, and pressed them into Bud's hand. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day he dresses in his mended tweed suit, takes a bill from his stash of American money, and buys a bottle of rum from a black-market dealer on the outskirts of town. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As always, there were overdue bills mixed with throwaway flyers printed with cheap black ink that rubbed off onto his fingers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Well, papers and account books and bills of sale, notes, figuring— well, we went through Father’s things and there wasn’t none of that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Shadow shrugged and put his hands back in his pockets, loading a quarter in one hand, a folded-up five-dollar bill in the other. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Dad pulled out a two-dollar bill and set it right in the middle of my hand. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She and her twin unrolled the bills, laying them in neat stacks over a flat rock a few feet away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I have $1,000, plus some small bills crumpled in pockets. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She digs into her pocket and pulls out a wad of bills. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z All was going fine until Barack got a call from someone back in Illinois, letting him know that the senate was somewhat abruptly going back into session to finish work on the crime bill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In early 1949 Jack Tenney, who had staged the earlier hearing into Rad Lab security, resurfaced with a package of thirteen bills targeting suspected communists at the university and elsewhere in state government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He had changed hands as often as a dollar bill and was now running under the colors of a Hollywood screenwriter. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z However, President Wilson knew that if the bill did not pass early in the next session, the suffrage protests would start up again. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He counted the fifteen new bills once more, and they were so crisp they made a sharp, cracking sound. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw it wasn’t one dollar, but a twenty-dollar bill! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He opted instead to record the bird as it knocked its long bill repeatedly into the tree. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Just because you can go to Chanel and buy a dress does not mean you have class. A person who just pays their bills on time can have class.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z That year, right before Christmas break, the teacher’s aide in his U.S. history class had pulled him aside and handed him a twenty-dollar bill. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The United States abounded with dollar bills, baseball sluggers, raccoon coats, diamond jewelry—and lonely, immigrant bachelors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For the chief virtue of a gradual approach was to extend the cost of compensation over several decades so that the full bill never landed at one time or even on one generation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Some bills caught up with my mom and Trey, and she had to ask the gas company for an extension. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “How much for all of them?” the white man asked, pulling a ten-dollar bill from his wallet. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was shaved by a manservant with a blade sharpened daily, and his tailor’s bill could have fed a village. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His mother had worked long hours at the post office the last few years, a necessary evil in order to keep the bills paid. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He needed the extra money to attend night classes at Hancock Community College and to pay the medical bills for Darlene, who was expecting a baby. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Make the sale, take the bills, let them bail, and be done. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She handed them to me, took my bill and gave me change with no sign of recognition, none of the banter of previous days. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then one day, a week before Halloween, I saw it amongst the catalogs and bills and coupon flyers. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Listen, don’t tell nobody, see? Here,” he said, taking out the roll and peeling off a bill. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled twenty-dollar bill. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And somehow, even though he was playing the accordion, and no matter how quietly I crept over, the accordion-man would always hear the swoosh of the dollar bill as it fell into the accordion case. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z They filled a grain sack with coins and bills, leased seven acres of stumps and vine maple, purchased a ploiv horse, and started clearing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I had planned to offer him my two-dollar bill as a partial payment on the ticket, but now I could spend it on myself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z No, it was worse than the grown-up talk he was used to, because all his parents ever talked about was the corn harvest and bills and the likelihood of frost at the end of May. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The windows were covered in newspaper and the door with a smattering of work permits and construction bills. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He went down to the betting area, and seeing that the line was too long to wait, he grabbed a bettor and jammed five $1,000 bills into his hand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way out of the café, Grampa stuffed a few dollar bills into a fruit jar labeled “Bryant and Milam Defense Fund: Contributions Welcome” on a table by the door. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z A vocational school student had sent a matchbook application to a correspondence law school along with the required, but now missing, dollar bill. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He overhauled ethics rules governing White House employees’ interactions with lobbyists and, most important, managed to push a major economic stimulus bill through Congress, even though not a single House Republican voted in its favor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Woodcocks feed heavily on earthworms, which they probe for with their long bills. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It never would have occurred to her that she would be working this hard and still have to choose between paying the phone bill and paying for her daughter Ishtar’s prom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Meggie stayed by the window as Mo went downstairs to pay their bill. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And if any cop stopped Reginald, he had in his pocket both the peddler’s license and the manufacturers’ outlet bills of sale. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t have much cash on him, but he took the few bills he had and stuffed them into his pocket. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I peeked around the gym and watched two of her friends each hand her a five-dollar bill. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I put four cards on the counter by the register and dug a couple of dollar bills out of my pocket. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I knew she was stressed because Miss Lisa was in charge, and Grandma needed to work for her to make money to help pay our grocery bill. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As she leaned over to kiss Katie’s cheek in good-bye, she slipped a dollar bill in her apron pocket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As she read the bill, though, there didn’t appear to be any records of the texts. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Though I wasn’t great with my numbers, I handed him a bill like I was sure of things so that he wouldn’t think to try to cheat me on the change. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hate to mention this, Hattie. But Chester left a bill here.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z So I run up to my room, pull off my clothes, and roll up a handful of twenty-dollar bills. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And he threw the bill into the fire. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Congress did not pass Senator Herring’s bill or any others that would censor radio programs. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In 2006, after five years of battling, he got his bill passed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We stopped inside Mean Lady Ming’s and gave her all the change we had left except for two dollar bills. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z So, and this was only the second time, he walked over to our table, leaned down, and whispered to us that he’d take care of the bill. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I put my head down and billed my hours. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He cringes at the closeness of the bird’s large bill to his brother’s neck, wishing it would fly away. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Renzo stuffed the two wads of bills into his jacket and dropped the sugar tongs into his pants pocket. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The public wards at Hopkins were filled with patients, most of them black and unable to pay their medical bills. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Stephen Clark, the legislator who brought the bill to ban texting to the Utah House, eventually was honored by being named an LDS mission president in Missouri. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Some he got from farmers who paid their bills to him with cattle every year. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the bill of sale from Ulibarri buttoned in his shirt pocket just in case. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Scanners at checkout counters read the bar codes and add up 'jour bill. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He dug in his pockets and found the twenty-dollar bill in his wallet Paper. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The discussions over the school budget sounded much like a couple talking around their kitchen table with a stack of bills, no hope of paying them and nothing but bad options. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z For these things —bark of hemlock, root of water lily, leaf of crane’s bill —had medicinal value. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When they discovered these errors, the saboteurs were angry that Kappe didn't seem worried about how easily the bills could be traced back to them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z We shook the coins out and tugged out the bills with hooked fingers. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Then she cleared everything—compact, billfold, laundry bill, toothbrush, a tin of aspirins, and a gold-plated swizzle stick—back into her handbag. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Cal doggedly lighted bill after bill until all were burned, and then he crushed the black chips down to powder and waited for Lee to comment, but Lee did not speak or move. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was the mailbox where their bill from the light company came each month. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When I showed my father the bill that evening, his face lit up. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They deserve some sort of billing—even if they might not want it. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I let this all sink in, then ask, “So who’s been paying the bills?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It was for the same reason, he said, that miners were often paid entirely with two-dollar bills, so that local merchants would realize how important the coal companies were to their businesses. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he left without paying the bill, because no bill was, or would ever be, brought to a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z At home I waited until I was alone in my room before taking the ten-dollar bill from my pocket. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He said his father, whom he has seen struggle to balance the tasks of home nurse with trying to pay the bills, had grown heroic in his eyes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Mean Lady Ming laid a dollar bill and a few coins on the counter. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At the dinner, each boy found a ten-dollar bill at his plate, along with a purple tie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The stories ranged from number one, the launching of Sputnik, to President Eisenhower’s stroke and the passage of the Civil Rights bill. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not just the money,” I said quickly, trying to ignore the vision of my own little hoard of bills and change. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A folded dollar bill holding down the switch, stopping the alarm from blaring and letting everyone in the hospital know some crazy guy with cystic fibrosis and self-destructive tendencies is hanging out on the roof. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It reduced complaints and he billed the client. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In third grade I began to sum up our grocery bill in my head, silently write it down and hand it over, faster than Delma Royce could total it on her cash register. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One night when she was checking the items on a grocery bill a thought shot into her mind, shining and winking like a meteor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I empty the sock out and count all the change and dollar bills: $19.78. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z What I was looking at, what had turned my strong, silent dad into a weepy mass of pudding, was a stack of bills. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, and closed her hand around the bill. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In 1784 Jefferson also proposed a bill in the federal Congress prohibiting slavery in all the western territories; it failed to pass by a single vote. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I try not to think of Mama and her bills. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She emptied it of coins, a few crumpled money bills, a giant key, some loose buttons, and a pink comb, lining her treasures on a table. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Until then, I’d be grateful if you didn't give me the third bloody degree on how I choose to juggle your bills. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He took the money out—a thin roll of demon dollar bills—and tossed the birdhouse down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The lights were often cut off because they hadn’t paid the power bill. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He held the bills to our noses so that we could smell them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Packinghouse work might not be appealing, but it would pay the bills. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I should have chopped the bill off to fight them with, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver put the bills in his pocket and flicked his cigarette out the window. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The skeptical, reticent owner doesn’t say a word as he adds the bill on the cash register. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “All this party is missing is a piñata full of hundred-dollar bills, right?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He shuffled through the stack of bills and handed Bobby Gene our portion. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Tucked in between old woolen socks and pants were mementoes: circus bills, a dance card, penny postcards, a few photos. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She gave me a pair of one-hundred-dollar bills, two fifties, and five twenties from a pile of endless bills. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo finished by papering the house from the front to the kitchen, including bathrooms and bedrooms, and threw the leftover bills into the courtyard. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Two five-dollar bills had fallen out from behind “Sarsaparilla to Sorcery.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Rock stands up and pulls a ten-dollar bill from his pocket. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Since they could never have paid the bill—and worse, couldn’t have gone online—both were immensely relieved. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Half of that was fourteen, which meant her bill would be just about $40, plus tip. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Poor Don. He’s got to pay the doctor bills,” my dad said from behind the paper. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Everyone’s looking for a short-term loan for something, to pay a bill or pay a fine or just hold things together. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Rufus may not be able to return here again, but we want to make sure they remain open for as long as possible for others, and money is how they pay the bills. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He slipped the wad of bills halfway out of his pocket for me to see. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The gas bill got paid, which is why the house is warm and the fridge is almost empty. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She answers immediately, confident that, whatever bills are waiting in the mailbox, she’s rich in the one thing that matters. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z While she paid the bill with her credit card, Meggie and Mo examined all the delicacies behind the glass counter. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Yet in only a few years, he would be so broke that he couldn’t afford his lighting bill and had to vacate his mansion. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The castle stood on a hill to one side of the valley, and there was a handsome pele tower on the bill of the other side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She pays 17 percent interest on the car loan— with $13,000 remaining—because of bad credit from her previous life, when sometimes the choice was whether to eat or pay the light bill. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Peel a dollar from the stack that Jenkins gives each of us in the morning, the bill clipped to an envelope so they can send in their name and address and family and occupation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z That I should have more respect, and it was my husband’s duty to pay the bills, and if he couldn’t, I should leave and get alimony. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he takes both hands away from the $20 bill. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He reminded the men to exchange the hundred-dollar bills at a bank, to ensure that any purchases they made could not be traced back to a White House account. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She finished packing paid some bills, ate a few Oreos, and watered the plants. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He tore the wrapper from a bundle of new bills and exchanged their old money. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “For you, and for you,” she said, handing us each a dollar bill. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z One last Friday I handed Mrs. Croft eight one-dollar bills in an envelope, brought my suitcase downstairs, and informed her that I was moving. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Some state legislators from northern Virginia’s affluent suburbs have argued that this is a form of geographic discrimination and have quixotically proposed bills to outlaw it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The farm doesn’t produce enough income to pay their bills. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Gogol pays the bills, shovels the driveway when it snows. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The housing code was rarely enforced, and its most important mechanism, the power of the city to correct code violations and bill landlords, was not once exercised by the city council, which oversaw housing issues. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Jelly was in jail for passing bad bills. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The power going off for two days because we hadn’t paid the bill. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mom took the CD, dug down in her purse for a moment, gave Mrs. Billups a five-dollar bill, and deftly snapped the disc in half. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She put the encyclopedia down and studied the old, wrinkled bills. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “You run up the light bill like that, too.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But then, a man who could look at his injured son and think of nothing but how much the doctor bill would be wasn’t likely to be concerned about strangers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Knew they would. But they were pretty decent about it. Didn’t say anything, just tacked the old bill onto my dad’s.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Quickly, she stuffs the bills in his pocket. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “He didn’t stick us with the bill, did he?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Granddaddy gave my mom enough to pay the light bill and to get us some groceries. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She reached out and took his neat stack of bills, counted the money while she spoke. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His wife was having to take in students in order to pay the bills. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Having established my habit of not speaking to Julian on the bus, it was easy to avoid talking about the message in the ten-dollar bill. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z There are a hundred $100 notes in the stack, and the bills are brand new, they rustle on touch and stick to one another. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I pay the bill, overtip, gather up my packages, an Italian scarf for each of my daughters, a fountain pen for Ben. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they’d roll down their window, pull in something colorful, place crisp American bills into brown hands and then roll their window back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Except for the guns, they could be foremen coming to collect on a bill or to supervise a job that other men will sweat over. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I found a wrinkled and damp five dollar bill. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The first $1,100 phone bill taught him the hard way that he was mistaken: The dial-in number was a toll call, unless you subscribed to a $100 plan that capped the costs. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That only delayed the presentation of the bill. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z You couldn’t order stuff online, couldn’t pay bills online. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about the bill, lunch is on me.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He placed the twenty-dollar bill in his pants pocket and picked up the pace to the girl’s house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Some percussion or wind instruments fit the bill as well. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Because when I tell you I’m late on my light bill, I ain’t asking you for money,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z IOI would be billed, and the cost of the repairs would be added to my outstanding debt to the company. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He rode the ten-dollar bills back to where he’d found them, counted a dollar from his own wallet to pay for the sandwiches, dropped it in the delicatessen till, and added a quarter tip. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bill of sale in a file in a box somewhere, from what he understood, but that was it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I found the crispest dollar bill and folded it into my letter. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z With his right thumb and finger pinching the $20 bill, he reaches his left hand into his left pocket and pulls out a lighter. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z J. J. Ford pocketed the bill and, to make amends for her thoughtless gesture, asked the doorman about his family. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z At issue was a bill introduced by Representative Andrew J. May of Kentucky and Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado following a presidential message to Capitol Hill. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She offers to pay her share when the bill comes, as she’d done in the bar, but this time he insists on treating. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Their new lives—the frustrating job interviews, the bills that arrive with red warning letters on the outside—are consequences of a decision made at age eighteen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Felix's mother grabbed the bill, and he looked over her shoulder. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Jan paid the bill and they went back to the car. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I have it, Mr. Pignati,” John insisted, giving a dollar bill to the man in the ticket booth. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I also had no idea how the prices on the menu corresponded to the money in my pocket, so I would hand the waiter a large bill and wait to receive change. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He opens the register and packs the large bills into the deposit pouch. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Already Mrs. L. J. Weidenbach was over at the cashier, peeling off five-dollar bills as fast as she could dig them out of her pocketbook. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Well, not only did the food improve, but the grocery bills came down one-third the first month Kate took over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “A steward found an old box of bills in a cellar. I’m just having a look.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “What do you want new bills for?” asked the teller. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't remember the desk and file drawers, the clock on the wall or the five-dollar bill hanging in a frame. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I hope you do accept our offer to pay Julian's dental bills. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z My grandfather’s there in an old British army uniform, feeding the machine dollar bills, but it takes a lot to buy a gun and we’re running out of time. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Presently the young goose gave him a shove with her bill. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t even have to pay for it because they just charged it to the room bill. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Tagoe’s mom bounced when he was a kid, and his pops ran off three years ago when he couldn’t keep up with the bills. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He saw the white naked line of his backbone and the dark mass of the head with the projecting bill and all the nakedness between. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the phone, and then at the bills on her table, a tight, suffocating pressure rising inside her chest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She took the money, unfolded and counted the bills, then stuffed them in her pants pocket, except for a ten-dollar bill, which she held out to me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He passed my mom a handful of wadded-up bills and some coins. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Nope. I just want to say, I know it must be hard. Dealing with what you deal with. Adult stuff, I mean. Paying bills. Trying to find work. All that stuff.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The Alabama legislature could pass a special bill granting compensation to a person wrongly convicted, but that almost never happened. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The captain said it wasn’t necessary for Officer Delinko to cover the bill—and that wouldn’t satisfy the chief, anyway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He put twenty-five dollars in new bills on the table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Nora is sandwiched between both beaming, proud parents, screaming at the top of her lungs, and Luna is throwing Claremont campaign pamphlets in the air like a mafioso with hundred dollar bills. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Later, when we started meeting secretly for dinner, we still divided the bill. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They have tried different ways of dividing the bills, at one point splitting the $1,475 rent and sharing the utilities, at another point, one paying the rent and the other the utilities. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I'm lying on my bed, microwaves burning up my brain, running up a killer phone bill. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had put eight one-dollar bills in an envelope and written Mrs. Croft’s name on the front of it. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I’ve mentioned that Lincoln was a late addition to the bill. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He reached his hand into his pocket, pulled his wad of bills out far enough for me to see and then shoved it back in. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "Got no change, Major," said the younger boy, "only dollar bills." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupita looked down at the bill, and then sniffed the air, smelling something over the tang of chili powder Aunt Consuelo was putting into her cooking. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Every week, since Aziza’s birth, she pried his wallet open when he was asleep or in the outhouse and took a single bill. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z While most of the children in the store, both black and white, scraped for pennies in their pockets, Paulette pulled out two crisp dollar bills and bought three large bags of candy. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At home, my siblings and I had to help Mom figure out the bills because she was busy working and didn’t have time to learn English. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The Glow-worm became the light inside the torch on the Statue of Liberty, and thus saved a grateful City from having to pay a huge electricity bill every year. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The bills were repeatedly voted down for fear of interfering with the progress of science, even though other countries —including, ironically, Prussia—had enacted regulations governing human research as early as 1891. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Seeing this crisp green bill tucked so neatly in Caitlin's letter made me think this may have been true. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We were halfway through this simple, disappointing repast when the waitress dropped the bill on the table as she passed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Ritu auntie reached in her bag and handed a dollar bill to Dimple, a common practice for elders when younger people were entering a new stage of their life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Graunt compiled statistics for the number born and dying each year, and the causes of death, from the annual bills of mortality that were published in London. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Every now and then, he tugged on the bill of his cap or swatted at mosquitoes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He reached into his pocket and pulled out a few wadded dollar bills. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She pulled a single hundred-dollar bill from one of the stacks and pocketed it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The bill has several more hurdles, but if it is approved, the proceeds would be used to build housing for families making $120,825 a year or less. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Her new film is billed as a “sophisticated” comedy in which she must certainly reach new heights of perversion and blasphemy. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I put down the hat and opened up the wallet, then reached behind the hidden ten-dollar bill for the picture of Amanda. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The Great Esquimaux Curlew looked like he was just coming onstage, his body leaning forward, his neck stretched out, his bill stuck up in the air like he was about to sing or something. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All of those notepads, and Xeroxes, and printed e-mails, and photographs of kids, and books, and dollar bills in wallets, and documents in files ... all of them were fuel. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We pass a man making dollar bills disappear and reappear again in strange places. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z So, my sister spent the first hour of the party opening up all the gifts, and her smile grew with each check, sweater, or fifty dollar bill. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z For the Shaws, the legal bills crept up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He saw the individual stacks of hundred-dollar bills; the repeating face of Benjamin Franklin in the doubled mirrors of all that cash. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This saved Mr. Lome a few pennies a week on the board bill, and he generously gave the money to Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She padded the grocery bills, added to the prices of clothes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As a payer, all you have to do is to provide your name, your e-mail address, your credit card information, and your billing address for your credit card. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z But she began receiving menacing phone calls from a collection agency about an old bill her health insurance had not covered. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A month later, Congress had another chance to take up the bill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Her poor kid cowered at her side, pulling down the bill of his baseball cap, his dirt-covered cheeks flaming. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He had once turned a bunch of wildflowers into a twenty-dollar bill. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko was sure that the captain was going to hand him the repair bill, but he didn’t. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I thanked her for the very generous dollar bill and told her I would send her something in return soon. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Other bills clipped, bills taped, money falling out to the floor. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a two-dollar bill and he had already eaten half of it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He took out the thick roll of bills. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad s imagination paid all the bills we ever had. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Esteban gave her the fifty pesos because that morning he had sold five bulls and his pockets were full of bills, and also because the exhaustion of pleasure made him rather sentimental. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Handing him a smaller pile of bills, Charles said, “And this is to say thank you.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "OK, listen James. Take this money”—she gave him a ten dollar bill—"and go get two tickets for Wilmington. That ticket window over there with a green light.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They arranged the ten new bills on the table, then called Mama out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After the coffee and a fine we got the bill, chalked up the same as ever on a slate, that was doubtless one of the "quaint" features, paid it, shook hands, and went out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Now she seemed intent on playing the piano, dodging bill collectors, forcing us into college through sheer willpower, and riding her bicycle all over Queens. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A bunting on a grass blade tucked its bill into the feathers on its back, fluffed, and went to sleep. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of burning up, though, the bills only turn as shimmery as everything else in the festival. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It was early evening, and we’d just finished supper, and over coffee and dessert I asked him about my bill, how much I owed so far. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “He only agreed to pay if I did something that would benefit LID, Inc., somehow. Philosophy, no matter how I stretch it, doesn’t fit the bill.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It would cost a lot of money, he said—about twenty signs had been made, not to mention all the business cards and stationery—and besides, all the new clients were paying their bills. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She handed me a piece of paper with the things Dad needed from the hardware store and a twenty-dollar bill. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I paid for the bill, with a ten and three ones. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But today, among the overdue bills and something from the IRS, two envelopes stand out. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “He probably bills the insur-ance extra for the psychological stuff,” Milton said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was about to bargain with her, but then Radar produced a five-dollar bill and handed it to her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z John Mark tosses me a twenty dollar bill. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Riccio quickly stuffed two of Barbarossa's bills into his pocket and dashed off. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Climbing back up to the door, I slowly pull the dollar bill off the alarm switch, pocketing it as I fly back down to the third floor of the hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z They had no dishes to wash, no carpets to vacuum, no floors to polish, no nappies to change and no bills to pay. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The bill ceded a large measure of control over atomic research to the military. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Money,” she whispered as she pulled out a huge wad of rolled up American bills and laid it down beside the drowned man. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “My dad gave me money for the food. Just give me the bill so I can go.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The waitress dropped off my bill and took the empty glass away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The long-contested tradition of Spares has come under fire with the introduction of Amendment S, a bill that would expand Spare rights. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She just gave me the ten-dollar bill and a door key so she wouldn’t have to get up and let us in. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She started several new credit card accounts and arranged for the bills to be paid automatically every month. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Babou shook his head, but then Mom thrust a wad of bills under the glass partition before Babou could stop her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He limped over to them, gave them each a ten-dollar bill, and said seriously, “Enjoy your youth, my young friends. Tomorrow it may be gone.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The pawnbroker gave Nali some large bills and took the bag of jewelry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I slide two dollar bills across the desk. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “You may go. Please send me your bill. And I would, of course, appreciate your discretion in this matter.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He had saved every cent he could from his allowance and had even sneaked a folded and greasy dollar bill from his father’s pocket last night when he arrived home, half-drunk and wobbly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In some jurisdictions, they are billed for drug testing and even for the drug treatment they are supposed to receive as a condition of parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The dead man’s hand was propped back on the headrest of my seat, holding a crisp, neatly folded twenty dollar bill between the index and middle fingers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Ignatius happily pocketed the new bills and ripped one of the packages from George’s arms, saying, “I must see w’hat it is that I’m storing. You’re probably selling goofballs to infants.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Fischer was the only person in the world ever known to have faced charges under President Bush’s bill. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I do layout for the paper and yearbook. I’ve got the skills to pay the bills, as it were.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He lifted one of the crisp bills, creased it in the middle so that it made an angle, and then he scratched a match under his desk and lighted the bill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Safer takes a folded dollar bill out of his back pocket and hands it to her. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z One day, Florida picked up a ten-dollar bill that was lying on the kitchen counter. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Whatever sum we spent last year was only discovered after we’d spent it, and nobody can be sure what next year’s bill will be. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Coldest December I can remember. This weather’s got to break soon. School’s heating bill was three hundred dollars last month.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Dill reached into his wallet and pulled out a crisp fifty-dollar bill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She doesn’t say anything, but I can see the pleasure in her body language, the way she hunches hungrily over the bills and runs her good hand across their crisp surfaces. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “The final straw was a wedding where a Wall Street executive tried to bill me for the wedding gown and medical expenses,” she said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z One of them handed the driver something that looked like a laminated ID card, and the driver handed over something that looked like folded bills, then waved and drove off. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The door is propped open with a wallet, and I push through it as quickly as I can, making sure the dollar bill stays securely in place over the switch. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The family ran up a bill at the traders, bought expensive salt pork. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I dropped a bill on the bar for the bartender. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Aside from being completely different species, there is a sig-nificant yet odd difference in the color of the Lazarus woodpecker and the pileated one, the latter having a distinctly darker bill. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Wish I could watch the Lakers’ greatest point guard of all time humiliate himself on a cable infomercial station, but somebody has to pay the bills around here, so heigh-ho! Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes out some bills to pay for dinner. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Max opens her backpack and takes the bills out of her owl wallet. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z People would be thirsty, all right Evan closed his eyes and imagined a crowd of thirsty people, all waving dollar bills at him. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z In the same room on the same date in 1861, one hundred and four years earlier, President Abraham Lincoln had signed a bill freeing slaves impressed into the service of the Confederate army. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mr. Stonecrop finally left, promising to send Dr. Pelham’s bill the next morning, the house breathed slowly and quietly. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There were all sorts of things—bills, official-looking documents from school, taxes that hadn’t been filed yet, a half-completed crossword puzzle. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Just please return them,” she snapped, handing Grace a twenty-dollar bill. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Starnes's lower jaw was missing; he appeared to have a kind of duck bill covered in skin instead of a chin or jaw or teeth. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The outrage about Guiteau boosted support for activists who had been working for years to reform the system, and the reformers gained enough votes in Congress to pass a bill. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I started off to Ray’s that evening with a two-dollar bill in my jeans and a song in my heart. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The business vanished, and the tax bill arrived. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But—and here’s a big but—even though I was afraid of both of them, the accordion-man and his dog, I always dropped a dollar bill into the open accordion case in front of them. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She fanned the bills like a poker hand—four tens. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A bill is coming in that I fear America is not prepared to pay. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The Question of the Day was: Which president is on the two-dollar bill? Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Jack removes his baseball cap with a flick of his wrist, using its bill to scratch the top of his head. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Cal wrapped the bills in tissue and tied it with red ribbon finished in a blob that was faindy recognizable as a bow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The ticket guy didn’t blink an eye at Trevor’s crumpled bills. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Up at the lumberyard they’d be knocking together Shotgun Cheatham’s coffin and sending the bill to the county, and Grandma had to tell them to bring that coffin to her house, with Shotgun in it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Also the strange habit of shaking their bills sideways, which was usual before flight, began to grow upon them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Early in March 1881, Charles Guiteau departed New York, leaving unpaid bills behind as he usually did, and headed to Washington to claim his new job. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He holds the flame up to the bill. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He lifted a corner of each bill, one in either paw. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they went to the hotel restaurant for dinner, where they argued over who would pay the bill. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Get ten thousand in 5 and 10 bills and put it in a shoe box. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A local legislator introduced a bill seeking compensation on Walter's behalf that prompted the local press to report that Walter was seeking $9 million. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At the end of the summer, my sister presented two hundred mug rugs to Mr. Abbas with a bill she wrote up for one thousand dollars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He paid his bill and walked to the railway station to put his belongings in custody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The tax bill arrived two weeks later, the day that Dad, Matthew, and Mark loaded the hogs onto the livestock trailer and took them all away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z When I went into the kitchen, my parents were eating breakfast together and talking about bills. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I had several large bills to pay each month, both in the real world and in the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As an afterthought he threw in the remains of the twenty-dollar bill. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z For all those years, as I paid her medical bills, as I filled in her 1040s and helped her with her Medicare paperwork and her will. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Prescriptions for his medicines, a bill for a Panama hat he’d been weanng around the farm, a new, important look for him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He goes on to explain that he’s footing the bill for all these ‘castles in the air,’ as he calls them, gesturing to the paintings. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z My mother took in laundry for other families in town to help pay the bills. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z So, their Town Gran had drafted this bill originally. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The check was converted to large bills, and the bills in their bales were in the safe-deposit box at the Monterey County Bank. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My bullet bill this month was going to be huge. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There was a thick roll of bills; tens and twenties. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She tucks the bills in between the buttons of her jacket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He used the money that he made to pay bills while my mother was in school getting her social work degree. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Sen handed her some bills from his wallet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I had no clue that Joe’s was a bring-your-own-beer strip joint where women danced around half naked getting dollar bills stuffed into their panties. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z There were a few bills from some shop in San Paolo, a receipt from a supermarket, a ticket to the Doge’s Palace. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, if it isn’t Wheeze and Cough,” he said, smiling widely and touching the bill of his cap. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Trueblood's mouth fell agape, his eyes widened and filled with moisture as he took the bill between trembling fingers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, quickly: you go to your room and grab a five- dollar bill, the only cash you have at the moment, from your desk drawer. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to count the bills myself to realize that they were betting the equivalent of my monthly paycheck. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z August climbs out and hands the driver a rolled bill. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The barite mine where Dad worked had a commissary, and the mine owner deducted our bill and the rent for the depot out of Dad’s paycheck every month. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Sweet Jimmy looked at the bills, counted them out, then threw them into a cardboard box. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had decided to assemble a research team and explore the area in more detail the next year, and persuaded the National Geographic Society to foot the bill. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “There is the matter of the bill. Dr. Fox’s services are not free.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z With her broad bill the goose pushed the unhatched egg out of the nest, and the entire company watched in disgust while the rat rolled it away. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z That money could pay bills, help with the groceries. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Then Richie took out his wallet and pulled out a bill. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z A pile of bills on the kitchen table. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z As we stand in the checkout line and Vivi pays for her haul with leaves glamoured to seem like bills, I think again of the aftermath of the banquet-turned-coronation. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I had a hundred thousand of these lines, and in one day they were severed, leaving me with nothing but a stack of his medical bills and gambling debt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Not to mention the cost to mail these bills done gone up to a nickel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Figured out a way to keep the lights on and the bills paid. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I was leading a double life, trying to be an American kid at school but coming home to teach my parents English and help them pay the bills. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He handed Mr. Zuckerman two ten dollar bills and a five dollar bill. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Beneath the bill his eyes spark like obsidian chips. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z One time I tried to explain a cable TV bill to my mom when she thought she had been overcharged. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The attendant was passing from table to table with his box of money, accepting payment for bills. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Get the money from the safe-deposit box and pay my medical bills. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It might be that the infected child would be given a clean bill next examination. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The man looked like someone you’d see on the street downtown, except instead of bills and coins in the instrument case, people had dropped little vials of colored powders and liquids. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He pulled some money off a roll of bills and laid it down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up a hundred dollar bill and turned the foreign object over in her hands. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When I had been in the demons’ country for over two years, Uncle sent me to make the rounds among some of our regular customers in the Tang people’s town to collect overdue bills. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I called the cable company, and someone there explained the bill. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He became a kind of prosecutor and bill collector for the Dutch West India Company, which owned and operated the colony as a private fiefdom. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Oh. My. Einstein,” I whispered as I gingerly took the bill. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z To turn in a thousand-guilder bill, you have to be able to state how you came by it and provide proof. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I still had to help my parents translate the bills and other documents at home, which got on my nerves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She reached for her purse that hung on the back of her chair and pulled a few bills from her wallet. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A few pennies and dimes were on the floor, but the quarters, the nickels, the five-dollar bill, and all of the single dollars were gone. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z As I bent over, the wads of bills cracked in my pockets. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “It will be charged to your bill, señor,” the maitre d’ said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt in his vest pocket; there was a ten- dollar bill there. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid that if I spoke, I would tell her too much—I would tell her about the notes, Richard’s shoes, the two-dollar bills, everything. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Given all the absences, there were more Democrats than Republicans by a margin of 4-3, with the Democrats perhaps more likely to push the bill out of committee. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Tuition bills scare some students from even applying and leave others with years of debt. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z With trembling hands, she took the wad of bills from her pocket and began to count it out. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It strikes me that without the man there, they might not have enough money coming in to pay the bills. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She counted six more ten-dollar bills from the drawer in front of her and held them out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Buddy held out a roll of bills in his hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “We split the twin bill yesterday,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I said, “I did not expect them to be. You may mail the bill to us.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In a while she flew back at me, her face flushed, and fairly shouted: “I told you—I can’t change that big a bill.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Cinder's girlfriend—a gray-haired, lipsticked, cigarette-smoking mail woman named Miss Fran—would always come by his store to deliver letters and bills, always catching him in the middle of his jokester routines. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Riffling through the bills, the clerk said, “Why, this is enough to buy seats to an entire first-class car!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I grinned and handed him a five-dollar bill from my wallet. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The first few letters I opened were just routine correspondence, bills, membership applications, stuff like that. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to hold up the twenty- dollar bill so he could see it before he unlocked the doors. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I got some insurance money but had some bills to pay before I w as ready to get me another car. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lana Lee started snapping a rubber band around the pile of bills and making little piles of nickels that she was taking out of the cash register. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She hands me a few bills, and I don't even bother to count out her payment before putting it in my pocket and leaving, traipsing wet footprints over her parquet floors. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I do all those things for the family, but I can’t be trusted with a bunch of bills? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Naw, I’m worried about your hand. If you get hurt then the law’s gonna come and say I have to pay all the doctor bills.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother spends hours on the phone and has all the names changed on the bank account, the mortgage, the bills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A bill from El Gallo for seven yards of gingham, a girl’s fabric. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He peered down the tunnel and saw a figure with a candle fixed to the stiff bill of his cap. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Both times a clerk listened, made a phone call, said the bill was a mistake, and told her to ignore it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z One Sunday as Tessie left for church, Milton handed her a large bill. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Another dived down, screaming at me, and his bill nipped the side of my head. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The film relegated a much anticipated Jimmy Stewart movie to second billing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because,” Natalie said, “it looks like every single one of these bills is either a one or a five. If someone robs a bank, they take twenties, at least. Probably even fifties or hundreds.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She opened the register and counted out some bills. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z While I do the hard work, he pays bills in his office. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Hollingsworth billed it as an overall guide to helping modern young housewives create a peaceful, optimistic, and sanitary household. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I pull a few bills from my wallet, dig some coins out of my pocket, and place my money on the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z James pulls a five-dollar bill out of his back pocket and orders a coconut. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “A couple weeks ago, that guy out there suddenly starts coming in every day to get a butter-on-white and a banana, and he always pays with these two- dollar bills.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter tucked the bills in his wallet after making his deliveries. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I can’t change that big a bill,” she said abruptly and turned away, as though the matter were closed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back to getting the feet right, and the stupid bills. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A woman produces a $20 bill which Patrick examines with approval and just a hint of the magician’s sense of drama. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mr. Powell wanted me to work on the bills and the feet, since they were at crux points in the composition, he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The rest of the night is a complete blur of boxes and hot bags and change and six-packs and twenty-dollar bills. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I lifted the flap and saw the edges of bills—there must have been a hundred of them—open like a fan. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Do you wish to have the bill now, señor?” he said to Bull. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then you know all of our money is going to bill collectors for credit-card accounts and old loans. Sam may have a job now, but we’re in the negative. We’re drowning in debt!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I looked in my pocketbook and counted out a dollar bill and seventy-nine cents in dimes and nickels and pennies. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He detached two bills and held them out to her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just loved how crisp the bills were when they came out,” I say. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The van swerves and turns through narrow streets, green bills flying out the back every time its back doors swing open and closed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I carried my limp and worn five-dollar bill to the back table. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mama handed him the basket of food, and he placed a few bills in her hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He shakes his head and pulls down on the bill of his baseball cap. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Both times she spent hours traveling into Manhattan to the hospital’s business office to ask why she had been billed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The service man examined the bill carefully as if he didn’t trust Mr. Popper too much. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Some owners leave out rolls of coins or even stacks of loose bills, perhaps with a video camera trained on them to catch some light-fingered or especially hungry maid in the act. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Some eight of those nearby had been jerking their bills, which he had imitated as if the act were catching, and now, with these same eight, he found himself on pinion in the horizontal air. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's a bill for twenty dollars for emergency attention on a certain date in December and a checkup a week thereafter." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She keeps me company when she can, but she’s been busy running errands for my dad, plus keeping the books and doing the billing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Margaret checked the bill that was taped to the top of the box, took a ten-dollar bill out of her wallet, and handed it to Morris. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That was where whitemen leaned out of motor cars with folded dollar bills peeping from their palms. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Russell then organized eighteen Southern Democratic senators in filibustering this bill.4 I thought, This man must be a friend of George Wallace. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of dollar bills—ones, fives, tens, twenties, all wrinkled and worn—spilled into my lap. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And dollar bills that were backed by the gold standard, which were no longer in circulation, had been found mixed in. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z If the coin toss was a heads, A has a brand-new $100 bill inside. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The migrants most badly mangled by the train run up bills of $1,000 to $1,500 each when they end up at a public hospital one and a half hours away. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Mama taught this club in order to make some much-needed extra money, to pay her bills. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Not this fake money. In the Days of Abomination, this won’t be worth a thing. People will trade hundred-dollar bills for a roll of toilet paper.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If you asked his reaction to a $91 million hike in utility bills, he probably wouldn’t be. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath his thin guayabera, I could see the muscles of his broad shoulders shifting as he reached down and gave me a wad of bills to put in the poor box as his donation. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The suit guy was putting bills in his wallet when we reached the counter. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Every job of work undone, every bill unpaid, every illness, every death was The Man’s fault. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The advance money helped pay Morrie’s enormous medical bills, and for that we were both grateful. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jesus, you in clover, sure ’nough,” Jack said, glimpsing the thick roll of bills. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He bent down to toss a bill on the ground, and waited for a throw. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she went to sleep that night, Dicey counted her money, peering at the bills in the dim light. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z So, right then and there, she walked onstage, pretending to read a bill from the cable television company. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Charles pulled out a roll of bills that was bigger than when I saw it before. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The cycle of life is expensive,” my mom said, staring at the bill. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Mrs.,” and “Miss” on bills and announcements sent to black customers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He sticks the rolled dollar bill into one nostril and runs it over the line, sniffing deeply. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My father had spent the last few days before the holiday trying to find a way to pay the rents, the utility bills, and the teachers’ salaries. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Luke looked at the bills but wouldn’t take them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I can't take a day off and be sad, not when there's bills to pay at home. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Mama! We learned this in elementary school. The president signs bills into laws! The president!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Emery follows Francis to the counter and pays the bill, and when we step back out into the real world, I feel my eyes struggling to adjust. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I had never seen a two- dollar bill. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But we had to go to the hotel to get our bags packed and pay the bill. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z With my dollars bills in hand and Madrina’s skirt still around my waist, I race up the stairs, past my apartment, and quietly slip up to the roof. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As Johnny went from house to house talking about unpaid bills of eight shillings, he was thinking of the punch. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing his unlaced, beat-up Adidas, a T-shirt, and an orange Orioles hat with the bill facing the back. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He held out a thick wad of bills to them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Though they are wildly expensive, more so than anything else she’s ever bought in America, Ashoke says nothing when he sees the bill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She crumpled the bill up in her hand like it was a rag or something and went on out the front door just as Earl came in. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When Dicey paid the bill, she asked the man at the cash register where an Army-Navy surplus store was. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the recruitment officer was so busy counting out the twenty-five one-dollar bills Ned handed him that he neglected to ask for proof of age. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The bill only made it over the finish line in the wake of the 1968 assassination of Dr. King. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z This fence always sent your money in crisp, brand-new bills. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll understand when you see. I’m just trying to help you with your bills.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z For monotonous months I had circled the mail on the hall table like a buzzard, poking through endless boring letters and bills before turning away each day in blank disappointment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Rain used cash to buy supplies for the commune, but I’d never even held a dollar bill in my hand. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z But our behinds were so sore by Kalamazoo that he sold it for a twenty-dollar bill to a man with twin grandkids. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “My own money,” Rick said; he handed the woman the bills and Luba the book. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Then he balances the bill on his fingers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But she saved the letters in unsealed envelopes, waiting for a couple of dollar bills to send along. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Iowa senator Clyde Herring announced that he planned to introduce a bill in the U.S. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z And as she looked at an itemized bill for plumbing her left hand strayed to her neck and touched the chain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was all about President Johnson trying to get a bill passed to help the urban poor, and then something about the Pueblo, which had been taken over by the North Koreans. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1807 a bill to ban all English involvement in slave trading passed the House of Commons, then the House of Lords. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Another bill, to levy penalizing fines against any church holding nonsegregated services, was, he con-tended, in flagrant contradiction to the First Amendment of the Constitution. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She folded his hand over the bills and pushed it gently away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The waitress asks if we need anything else before leaving the bill. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z At the drop of a five-dollar bill he could also fashion an ornate Persian wine goblet from an old quart pop bottle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She is suddenly done talking about the bill. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z When I had finished and paid the bill, we went to the door. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I had never seen a two-dollar bill before and now I knew that President Jefferson was on the front side. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A healthy man is careless with a bill — You have to make them pay when they are ill. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I think of Mama’s pile of bills, and nod. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Or if they do, no one ever finds out they’re smart, ’cause they’re too busy trying to find their next meal and pay their bills and stuff. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Go on,” Chess urged, because he couldn’t care about canned food and dollar bills when he felt such dread rising inside him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z After about an hour, he’d collected a bunch of dollar bills. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She kept checking her long bill cap, pulling it low to hide as much of the bandage as she could. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Many people in the audience didn’t even realize that he was on the bill. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And that the lint and tobacco in their pants pockets where dollar bills should have been was the measure. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z So when we pulled up to the international terminal, I reached into my envelope and pulled out a crumpled dollar bill. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Okay, kid,” Carter had said, flinging the money, bills and change, on the desk. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Patriots boasted of how often they’d been searched and given a clean bill. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The scientists’ distaste soon fell upon the bill’s eminent defenders. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mother called me to help figure the bills and exchange the many kinds of money: pence from Massachusetts, shillings from Virginia, British pounds, and French francs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bills were crisp and fresh and I tried to imagine Mary's surprise when I paid her all my back rent and board. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Harvey fit the bill perfectly, and the CIA scooped him up immediately. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The final fair bill signed in April by President Benjamin Harrison established a Dedication Day for October 12, 1892, to honor the moment four hundred years earlier when Columbus had first sighted the New World. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A few seconds later, so close to the boat I could have leaned down and grabbed it, a large sea turtle appeared, a hawks bill, flippers lazily turning, head sticking out of the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Also there were some bills and old letters and things tied up with a putrid ribbon and then—sort of funny—this little pamphlet caught my eye. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He pays all the bills, and rakes the leaves on the lawn, and puts gas from the self-service station into her car. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He got a bill from the telephone company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You certainly don’t pay any bills up in here.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She learned household accounting—how to add and subtract bills for soap, candles, and flour. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was like he’d crumpled the bills up into a ball before stuffing them into his pocket. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Think of the electricity bill to refrigerate a 200,000-square-foot plant. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She called her phone’s billing service and arranged payment with the Visa number. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Mi, I’ve been thinking,” he said, so seriously she almost giggled until he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a folded stack of bills. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Or the twenty-dollar bill I left next to the receipt, which is also missing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I glimpse a wad of green bills that seems unfairly thick. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But events of the past few weeks had changed Johnson’s mind, and he assured King that a voting rights bill would soon be introduced in Congress. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, he questioned a bill proposed in the state legislature that would authorize use of tax funds to support the White Citizens Councils. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He actually refused to believe me when, some months later, I informed him that the House had passed a bill allowing public schools to post the Ten Commandments. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I threw the bill on top of his books. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Some paper bills from a man’s pocket, a bracelet from a woman’s wrist—nothing too big. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z Val looked as if she could take Lily’s head off, but Jimmy pushed a twenty-dollar bill across the table and asked for some shots of tequila. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She sold my dad’s car and most of our furniture to pay the bills my dad left behind when he went back to Mexico. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She flings a twenty-dollar bill at me, which I ignore and let fall to the floor. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He watched Grizzly Bear take Cool Papa’s hat off Train Ear’s head and drop it in the plastic bag along with the mess of dollar bills and coins he removed from Train Ear’s pockets. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I grabbed the money from him and quickly smoothed out the dollar bills. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The electric company had turned off the streetlamps long ago when the city couldn’t pay its bills. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z In consequence, lead was given a clean bill of health. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I heard my dad on the phone saying that the hospital bills were running about $2,000 a night, so I knew our financial picture wasn’t getting any rosier. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone also received about four hundred dollars in small bills for pocket change. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She walked up to the corral and, without a word, handed over a five-dollar bill. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They go to darkened, humble-looking restaurants downtown where the tables are tiny, the bills huge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Enough that Mama wouldn’t have to worry over bills for a good while. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Yes. The bill is all yours. I’ll call Leonard right now and tell him to pay for it. Sound good?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Momma decided Bailey couldn’t accompany us, since we had to use the pass during a set time, but that he would follow within a month or so when outstanding bills were paid. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z With the candle glowing from his hat bill, the man bent forward. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z And then someone bid ten dollars, trading his ten- dollar bill for Mr. Warren’s. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z "I done told you, school-boy, you better bring him in here. He can die, but I still got to pay my bills." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see its pink legs folded against the white underparts, and the red spot at the tip of its razor-sharp yellow bill. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Because of Lynn’s medical bills, soon my parents were getting behind on the mortgage. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But when the waitress brought the bill, Allison carefully began to untangle how many drinks each person had ordered and who had the calamari appetizer, to make sure nobody paid for anybody else. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s as simple as picking a ten-dollar bill off the street. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With a tiny cash box in hand, she’d squeeze by me, agonizingly close, to change some of my bills. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Ah yes. This will help me feed my hungry family,” Uncle Abdullah said as he fondled the bills. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she went over to the dresser and opened the top drawer, finding the wad of twenty-dollar bills that she knew would be there. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Inside the bag, hidden in a false bottom, he showed them thousands of dollar bills. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Freddie says, giving me that look again, the one that makes me feel green as a dollar bill. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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