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stakes



NOUN
jackpot
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For Fatima, a practicing Muslim who adores her parents, the stakes feel even higher.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Now read: These ETFs surged thanks to early SpaceX stakes.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Valor currently has stakes in other name-brand startups including Anduril, Crusoe and Polymarket, as well as Harmony Biosciences Holdings, where Gracias sat on the board until this year.

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

A new kind of competition between Russia and the United States took shape that fall, a nuclear arms race that quickly raised the stakes of the Cold War to unforeseen and terrifying heights.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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