stake
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To fund their year of exploration, the pair sold enough shares to feel insulated from the volatility of SpaceX stock, but the majority of their stake remains in the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
A grand prize of $10,000 and a mounted catfish trophy were at stake.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Boehly, Walter and Wyss each had a 12.8% stake, with Clearlake previously owning 61.5% of the Blues.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
It’s hard to say where someone can go for a fact-based study of what’s at stake in this fight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Nor would it be historically correct to regard the issues at stake as exclusively or even primarily constitutional.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Big-tech companies like Alphabet and Meta Platforms also have too much staked on AI to step back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Who knows if the English game will be marching on together as hoped by those that have staked so much on this direction?
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It spoiled Max Muncy’s pinch-hit home run in the sixth inning that staked Díaz to a 4-2 lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Altman initially staked the growth of the business on ChatGPT, betting that more people would subscribe to the chatbot as AI became a bigger part of their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Jesper wanted to pace, but he’d staked out this spot on the bench, and he intended to keep it.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
In town that afternoon, people described staking out different sites in the lead up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
On the same weekend that Ben Stokes announced his retirement from international cricket, a former Premier League winner was staking his claim as an all-rounder.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Social media company Snap showcased a pair of its $2,195 augmented reality glasses Tuesday, staking a claim in a race to reshape how people interact with computers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
In our dire age, a little bit of levity can often feel like a wager, staking your bets on an audience’s bandwidth for fun.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
While the Witchlings were busy staking out Mr. Dimblewit, the older witches, led by the Salazars and the Laroux, were trying to break the Gran out of the Tombs.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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