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dole

[dohl] / doʊl /


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The other Dominican pitchers on the team, Walbert Ureña and José Fermin, speak of Soriano as if he were their older brother, happy to dole out advice on an array of subjects.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

His support didn’t stop once he was in the chamber, as he continued to dole out major donations to a wide range of conservative lawmakers.

From Salon May 23, 2026

Companies with excess cash can do things like hoard it, dole much of it out through shareholder returns, make acquisitions or invest in the business through areas like research and development.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

Rea said he was on the dole at the time, his manager had just left him and he had been banned from driving.

From BBC Dec. 22, 2025

The morning after Oliver’s burial Dad went to the Labour Exchange to sign and collect the week’s dole, nineteen shillings and sixpence.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

The Knicks postponed a planned presale on Ticketmaster, while the NBA doles out tickets to its own partners.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

The wiry Boon doles out his brash character’s reserves of vulnerability to stunning effect — Tommy is a difficult part and Boon knows how to make it revealing and suspenseful.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

I personally believe in the concept called karma, but not in the sense that the universe is a giant calculator that doles out ultimate judgment for good and bad behavior.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2024

Really, the only questions surrounding the group will be how Servais doles out the playing time to take advantage of the power potential that Canzone has shown and also trying to keep Haniger healthy.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2024

Her duties, as far as I can see, consist of keeping track of orders, handing out assignments to Fanny, who then doles them out to us, and collecting the finished garments.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Her office has doled out a total of $5.4 million in funds to help provide relief to hundreds of small businesses in hot spots impacted by raids.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

What’s left over will be doled out to individual investors.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

But to determine a mother-worthy performance, one must first understand how the title was originally doled out.

From Salon May 10, 2026

Previously, the consequence was only doled out when people with such debt sought to renew their passports.

From BBC May 7, 2026

When caretakers doled out the food, they trimmed a boy’s ration card and pressed his finger in invisible ink.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

Only this time, the country that defined Messi’s club career over two decades at FC Barcelona, was the one doling out the punishment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Arcuri expects that spending to grow to $10 billion in 2028, which could put the Terafab on the path to doling out more than $50 billion a year for wafer-fab equipment by 2030 or 2031.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

It urged Congress to block the fund from doling out any payments.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

UCLA’s social media accounts highlighted Chesney’s efforts all offseason to preach personal accountability and serving others, doling out a mix of John Wooden and Ted Lasso life lessons.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2026

Matthew and Mark suddenly noticed the bread Mother was doling out.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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