raking
Example Sentences
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The father explained that after learning about the Aintree incident, "to then learn that ambulance staff have done the same and we have only found out by raking through these documents is appalling".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
That isn’t to say Microsoft isn’t raking in cash: the company’s most recent earnings report tallies nearly $32 billion in net income in the last fiscal year.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
In it, per analyses by the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, Trump reported raking in at least $2.2 billion in 2025—three and a half times what he reported in 2024.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, 12-year NBA veteran Ed Davis and his associates were raking in thousands of dollars betting on Beasley’s statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Manchee laps up his share and you can hear us all taking in great raking breaths between slurps.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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