stake
Example Sentences
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The stakes felt enormous, yet I hesitated before waking him.
But head coach Mike Sullivan was, and he thought it was important to remind them of the stakes.
Following backlash, Kennedy has since distanced himself from Wisner Baum, but turned his stake over to his son Conor Kennedy, who works at the law firm.
From Salon
And Bennett thinks the heightened stakes and occasion will mean a less pugilistic occasion.
From BBC
"Judging accurately is almost impossible. As long as we haven't solved that issue, it will be difficult" to stake a claim for the Olympics.
From Barron's
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