rake
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Officers also established that the pair profited from the games by taking a commission from each poker hand, known within the industry as "the rake", rather than by directly wagering against players.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
There could also be a feeling that it's "tawdry" to rake up these claims so many years later, he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The originals “wouldn’t really rake in the money,” she recalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Now, there are a handful of other AI companies capturing investor attention as they rake in hefty profits.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Where Tjaden puts it all is a mystery, for he is and always will be as thin as a rake.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Galán declined to be interviewed for Carr’s documentary, having been thoroughly raked over the coals once the public’s visceral disgust with “The Swan” got it canceled after its second season.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
“This daycare scam is lucrative,” Justice noted, alleging that each defendant raked in between $538,000 and $1.2 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The pair had broken up the paint and raked flakes into the soil, but Evans said some parts were "baked" so it had been difficult to do so.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Already, the account has 1,700 fans and has raked in $5,000 in tips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
They raked together and dug a long time, silently.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
After a multiyear drought in tech IPOs, Wall Street’s equity capital-markets desks are raking in fees again thanks to the artificial-intelligence boom.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Before firefighters had finished extinguishing the blaze, I found Liliya Velyka, a 28-year-old book blogger, raking through the smouldering ruins, seeing if anything could be saved.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Gatwood hoped to put in a new fence and was raking some rocks and dirt to make the yard smoother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Renting a glitzy Manhattan apartment for half the market rate while raking in a six-figure salary is urban legend for most New Yorkers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
His companion had begun to shudder, his hairy fingers raking and stroking the green grass.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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