stake
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In the past, a lot of those fights were personality-based, but now there are some real policy goals at stake.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
Two funds invested in private credit run by Blue Owl Capital are cutting dividends, and one of them sold half its stake in SpaceX earlier this year.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
But the chorus of Theban citizens, whose odes interrupt the action at crucial points, makes clear that not only the ruling clan but the entire society is at stake.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
“There was no doubt about that,” one said, noting that thousands of votes were likely at stake.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
Madison understood better than most what was at stake in the debate over slavery.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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