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doled out



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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Loan pools like the Chinese hui, the Japanese tanomoshi and the Korean kye involve groups of investors who pay into a kitty that is then doled out on a rotating basis.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

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

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

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

From BBC May 7, 2026

Crowds of women and children would flock around me while I doled out oranges from burlap sacks.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys




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