ante
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“The idea that the new, the 17th chairman of the Federal Reserve is going to act like the 13th, 14th, or 15th, there’s no status quo ante to return to,” said Warsh.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
He upped the ante in 2024 by saying that the Roadster would hit 60 mph from zero in less than one second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The two days of discussions by EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic in Beijing come just as France and Germany, the bloc's two biggest powers, threaten to up the ante.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Some of the ways that Tresnjak ups the ante on that daring have diminishing returns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
So he upped the ante and gave himself a fake heart attack.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Barea, who as Bad Bunny rightly pointed out, “fue campeón antes que LeBron.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
The stakes were low, with antes ranging from $5 to $20, because the students were on tight budgets.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
If he hits a home run you take the whole thing and everyone antes again.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2013
Quite clearly, verbal antes are clearly being upped on both sides of the Atlantic in what remains very high stakes legal action.
From Time ● Jul. 6, 2011
Rocin is a Spanish word that means "nag" or "workhorse"; and antes means "before."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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When Strug badly injured her ankle on a failed vault, and then anted up for another go, viewers cheered.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2021
At KLM Farms in Alturas, grower Jerry Mixon anted up and rolled the dice to save his ailing farm.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2019
Outlook: The Raptors did not do much in terms of adding talent from outside the organization this off-season, but they anted up a combined $165 million to retain Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
The U.S. alone anted up about $1 billion, and President Obama’s new budget proposal includes more than $6 billion to combat Ebola in Africa and strengthen preparedness at home.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2015
“I w anted to ask you about what happened,” I say.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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"And did the man lose his horses entirely?" asked Flood, who had anteed up his last bean and joined us.
From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Andy Adams
And we anteed up a hundred In the hands of Deacon Kedge For to be divided the follerin' Fo'th 'Mongst the boys that kep' the pledge.
From Poems by John Hay
Copley and Kroc covered half the festival's budgeted cost by anteing up $500,000 and $1 million respectively.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This week investors were anteing $5,249,200 for the 198,083 K. & T. shares sold by the Kearneys.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This may affect the enthusiasm of San Francisco or New York for anteing up again.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Even after anteing up $400 million to the Community budget this year, Greece should come out ahead by more than $200 million, thanks to such perks as $184 million from the E.C.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Cuthbert's $50 anteing chip was in the middle of the table.
From Taking Chances by Clarence L. Cullen
Vocabulary lists containing ante
Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: ante, anti
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