shakedown

Example Sentences

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The campus owner denied the charge, blaming feral cats, and called it a shakedown attempt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Williams driver Alexander Albon fears missing the Barcelona shakedown last month has left his team clawing to make up lost ground to its main rivals in the build-up on the new Formula One season.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

One major question is to what extent China sees visits by the likes of Starmer as part of a bigger geopolitical shakedown?

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

He called the lawsuit “a shakedown for money.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Lawrence could afford to scoff at suggestions that the cyclotron was still in its shakedown stage.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik