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dole

[dohl] / doʊl /


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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

How does the league dole out those big national windows.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2025

It’s the place to apply for public assistance when a father is dead or disappeared and there’s no dole money, no wages.

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

It doles out city-owned land, tax breaks and financing subsidies for big developments.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Audience members are naturally Bacharach fans, and the show, which runs about two hours with an intermission, doles out the great hits lavishly, beginning with all three singers performing “Always Something There to Remind Me.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Inside, grime music blasts as a pop-up vendor doles out vegan banh mi to shoppers who clutch bamboo toilet paper and vegan lox.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 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

Two years later, Time Warner doled out an even richer $8.3-billion deal to the Dodgers, which at the time were under new ownership — Walter and his partners with Guggenheim Baseball Management.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

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

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

On a corner, a charity-operated food truck doled out lunches to a long, shuffling line.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

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

From BBC May 7, 2026

They did it so much that store owners started keeping the dish behind the register and doled out the pennies to short-changed customers individually.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

The EDC is in charge of doling out city-owned land, tax incentives and financing subsidies for large-scale development projects in the city.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 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

Govan basked in the limelight nearby, shaking hands and doling out hugs and back pats.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

I was doling out a drop of the Davitamon each morning on her piece of black bread, but how much longer could the small bottle last?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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