stakes
Example Sentences
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Yet the stakes are too high, the moment too rare to be content with simply showing up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
More than 700 unique investors have stakes in three of the world’s most valuable private companies: Rocket maker SpaceX and AI builders OpenAI and Anthropic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Over the past year and a half, Trump Jr. has amassed a fortune from stakes in companies ranging from crypto startups to a drone business to a firearms retailer.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Pro wrestling is a realm where a man named John Cena plays a character named John Cena; the match outcomes are predetermined, but the personal stakes are huge.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
All around its perimeter, eight-man sledge teams pound in stakes at breakneck speed.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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