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And when it counted most, Williams upped the ante, using her booming serve to save a match point and force a deciding set.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

But teens are upping the ante as they try to earn their schools a spot on leaderboards published by dedicated social-media accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

And I guess I’m curious about why this is done in the language of We’re tweaking, we’re doing tiny fixes, we’re restoring us to the status quo ex ante.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026

Regardless of how quickly, or slowly, if ever, the Iran war is brought to a conclusion, there will be no return to the status quo ante in the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

Free speech and press hadn’t done too well in the ante bellum South.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

Barea, who as Bad Bunny rightly pointed out, “fue campeón antes que LeBron.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

The stakes were low, with antes ranging from $5 to $20, because the students were on tight budgets.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022

If he hits a home run you take the whole thing and everyone antes again.

From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2013

Quite clearly, verbal antes are clearly being upped on both sides of the Atlantic in what remains very high stakes legal action.

From Time ● Jul. 6, 2011

Rocin is a Spanish word that means "nag" or "workhorse"; and antes means "before."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

When Strug badly injured her ankle on a failed vault, and then anted up for another go, viewers cheered.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2021

Outlook: The Raptors did not do much in terms of adding talent from outside the organization this off-season, but they anted up a combined $165 million to retain Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2017

And soon enough, Farris and Dan Wilks, brothers whose fracking services business had transformed them into billionaires, and their wives anted up $15 million.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2016

The U.S. alone anted up about $1 billion, and President Obama’s new budget proposal includes more than $6 billion to combat Ebola in Africa and strengthen preparedness at home.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2015

“I w anted to ask you about what happened,” I say.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

And we anteed up a hundred  In the hands of Deacon Kedge For to be divided the follerin' Fo'th  'Mongst the boys that kep' the pledge.

From Poems by Hay, John

"And did the man lose his horses entirely?" asked Flood, who had anteed up his last bean and joined us.

From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Adams, Andy

Even after anteing up $400 million to the Community budget this year, Greece should come out ahead by more than $200 million, thanks to such perks as $184 million from the E.C.

From Time Magazine Archive

Copley and Kroc covered half the festival's budgeted cost by anteing up $500,000 and $1 million respectively.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the past month, more than 2,000 people a day have been anteing up $10 each to see Wynn's collection of 20 paintings, from Degas to Picasso.

From Time Magazine Archive

This week investors were anteing $5,249,200 for the 198,083 K. & T. shares sold by the Kearneys.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cuthbert's $50 anteing chip was in the middle of the table.

From Taking Chances by Cullen, Clarence L.