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Search results for "A single Polymarket trader lost 4.2 million on the World Cup in less than 24 hours"

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The Other 98% stated on March 31, 2016 in a Facebook image:
"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."
By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2016
Social Media stated on March 09, 2025 in in social media posts:
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
By Jeff Cercone• March 10, 2025
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014
Pat Toomey stated on May 19, 2016 in an interview with Chris Stigall on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT:
It's entirely possible that the Democratic nominee, [Hillary Clinton], earned more money giving a single speech on Wall Street than I made the six years that I was there back in the 1980s… In fact, it’s quite likely.
By Loghan Thain• May 31, 2016
Viral image stated on May 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photos show a photojournalist crying while capturing pictures of the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 19, 2021
Florida Democratic Party stated on June 17, 2019 in a press release:
The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime."
By Amy Sherman• June 25, 2019
John McCain stated on September 04, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
"My opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy."
By Alexander Lane• September 4, 2008
Social Media stated on January 19, 2025 in social media posts:
Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 21, 2025
Threads posts stated on December 10, 2024 in Threads posts:
“Pride flags permanently prohibited at FIFA Club World Cup 2025.”
By Sofia Ahmed• December 16, 2024
Viral image stated on July 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says that ice melting in a cup illustrates that sea levels don’t rise when icebergs melt.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 12, 2019
Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“The poor are, ironically, the most likely to be employed in the industries deemed ‘essential’ while their upper-class peers are freed to bunker down for weeks until the first death wave passes.”
By Jessica Calefati• April 21, 2020
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a post:
Cristiano Ronaldo was the only European soccer captain who did not wear a rainbow armband at Euro 2020.
By Grace Abels• June 21, 2024
One Nation stated on July 16, 2022 in ads:
Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.
By Tom Kertscher• July 28, 2022
John Boehner stated on March 13, 2014 in a press conference:
The United States has seen "a net loss of people with health insurance" because of Obamacare.
By Steve Contorno• March 18, 2014
Mike Villarreal stated on August 06, 2011 in a Texas Capitol rally.:
Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 24, 2011
Tim Walz stated on August 14, 2024 in a speech in California:
Former President Donald Trump “cut overtime benefits for millions of workers.”
By Amy Sherman• August 20, 2024
Jeremy Schaap stated on May 28, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Qataris don't really work."
By Jon Greenberg• June 2, 2014
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet:
Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.
By Steve Contorno• June 19, 2014
Rick Perry stated on September 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "Crossfire":
"Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage."
By W. Gardner Selby• September 20, 2013
Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.”
By Jon Greenberg• June 12, 2020

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