dole
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Billed as "a podcast for people who don't get out much and can't handle it when they do", the show sees Nighy dole out wry advice to listeners, and muse about life, music and books.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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
Bernstein models that CoreWeave will dole out $30 billion toward capital expenditures, resulting in $23 billion of negative free cash flow in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
Those groups then dole out the money to families to cover school costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Dad tells Grandma it sThursday and he has to go to the Labour Exchange for the dole and then down to the undertaker to bring the mourning carriage and the coffin.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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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
Business leaders are nervous about the vacancy, as the EDC historically doles out land, tax breaks, and financing for developments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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
“Jean-Baptiste plays a woman who doles out misery and also, crucially, internalizes it, giving the character a humanity and sadness that’s absolutely transcendent,” says Glenn Whipp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 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
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The vast majority of awards were doled out offstage during an evening far better known for its performances and stage antics than its prizes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Meta previously doled out roughly $94 million through a prior community grant program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Colorado doled out $4.7 million in taxpayer funding to a marketing firm, Amélie Co., to tell teenagers about the program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
When the hoosh was cooked, Crean doled it out into six bowls, and the men ate it scalding hot, hunched under the decking.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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He said markets were responding to the economy rather than to the Fed, which was evidence that his pullback from doling out guidance was working.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
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
No more doling out eggs as if they were pearls!
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 8
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