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rake

[reyk] / reɪk /


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There could also be a feeling that it's "tawdry" to rake up these claims so many years later, he says.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Murphy was first spotted living beneath a bush before wandering into the car park of The Old Windmill pub in the city centre, "rake thin" and in need of care.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

It was nominated for Best Picture, proving the director could still rake in big bucks without the help of Batman IP and with the intricate plotting of his earliest works.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

With $1,000 in seed money and another $10,000 from other sources, including donors, they could rake in $917 billion.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

“There’s another rake in the dory, if you want to so badly.”

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

While Interscope dropped Burke from their label late last year, he had already raked in millions from the contract, according to evidence presented at a preliminary hearing earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

A review of Nottingham NHS Trust found 520 mums and babies suffered potentially avoidable harm or death, according to the Sunday Mirror, while former CEO Peter Homa "raked in thousands" through his co-owned business.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Last year, the law raked in more than $6.8 billion in settlements and judgments, a single-year record for the Justice Department.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

"Evil Dead Burn" from Warner Bros. raked in $5 million over the weekend domestically, bringing its domestic total over the last two weeks to more than $24 million or $51 million globally.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

An empousa raked her claws across Frank’s chest, but Frank felt nothing.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

After a multiyear drought in tech IPOs, Wall Street’s equity capital-markets desks are raking in fees again thanks to the artificial-intelligence boom.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Gatwood hoped to put in a new fence and was raking some rocks and dirt to make the yard smoother.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

JPMorgan, Goldman and other big banks are raking in trading revenue this year as “the market is clearly extremely risk-on.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

But not everyone is raking in the big bucks with financial winners and losers.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

There would be lots of shoveling and raking and sweeping.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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