If they dared jump in mid-career to another firm, they'd lose a lot of what they had earned in retirement benefits, because pension credits were not adjusted for inflation.

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Holiday flight prices jump quickly in mid-November, according to online travel search engine Kayak.

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Musk echoes France's position that Ariane should skip a mid-life upgrade to its vehicle and jump directly to a less expensive Ariane 6.

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The firm repeatedly leapt off one horse and on to another but the crucial jump came from the mid-1960s, when it was building up a business making the driveshafts that connect car engines to wheels.

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New-home sales posted the biggest monthly jump in nearly two decades last month, reaching the highest level since mid-2008.

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