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dole

[dohl] / doʊl /


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Downtown LA Law Group, which represents more than 2,700 plaintiffs, has yet to receive money to dole out payments, according to county officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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

He can dole out favors, such as access to a vacation beach house or the green light to open a nightclub, relatives said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

No, you’ll stay here and drink the dole when the humor is on you.

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

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

The Department of Housing and Urban Development doles out some $60 billion each year to states and localities to subsidize rent for low-income households.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 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.”

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

In Massachusetts, more than $146 million has been doled out in down payment help to homebuyers since 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

Burchett added that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority was “ripe for corruption and financial mismanagement,” and raised concerns about contracts that have been doled out to nonprofits in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

We reviewed hours of financial advice being doled out on TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

The last drink of water was doled out four hours ago.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

“We got a million of these,” he said after doling out a few verses of “On to the Next One” — not bragging so much as explaining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The other main reason that SpaceX’s cloud targets matter is the sheer amount of money that the company is doling out in pursuit of its ambitions here.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

U.S. startups have drawn the most private capital; China is doling out government funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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 won’t be long now, says Cora, doling out my monthly stack of sanitary napkins.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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