racked
Example Sentences
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As the Houston energy trader struggled and racked up $30 billion in debt, chief financial officer Andrew Fastow thought he found a way to keep it off Enron’s books.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The country has now racked up surpluses four straight months, following May’s downwardly revised C$3.7 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Lineage has racked up fines from both the Los Angeles County health department and the South Coast Air Quality Management District over the last several weeks as residents file complaints over ongoing odor issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Mitch Winehouse also racked up at least £950,000 in his own legal costs in the failed attempt against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
It was different from the larger feelings that still racked his body: the searing agony in his arms and hands, the almost unendurable ulceration of his parched mouth, the feverish pounding of his head.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
