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dole

[dohl] / doʊl /


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Billed as "a podcast for people who don't get out much and can't handle it when they do", the show sees Nighy dole out wry advice to listeners, and muse about life, music and books.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The other Dominican pitchers on the team, Walbert Ureña and José Fermin, speak of Soriano as if he were their older brother, happy to dole out advice on an array of subjects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

His support didn’t stop once he was in the chamber, as he continued to dole out major donations to a wide range of conservative lawmakers.

From Salon ● May 23, 2026

Bernstein models that CoreWeave will dole out $30 billion toward capital expenditures, resulting in $23 billion of negative free cash flow in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026

Half his dole check would have gone into the contents of that cooler.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

My advice, as a marital and family therapist with almost 20 years’ experience, is that if your therapist freely doles out advice: Find a new therapist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Audience members are naturally Bacharach fans, and the show, which runs about two hours with an intermission, doles out the great hits lavishly, beginning with all three singers performing “Always Something There to Remind Me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

Jean-Baptiste plays a woman who doles out misery and also, crucially, internalizes it, giving the character a humanity and sadness that’s absolutely transcendent.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

Really, the only questions surrounding the group will be how Servais doles out the playing time to take advantage of the power potential that Canzone has shown and also trying to keep Haniger healthy.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

Her duties, as far as I can see, consist of keeping track of orders, handing out assignments to Fanny, who then doles them out to us, and collecting the finished garments.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

At the end of its life, a bond promises to pay back the principal invested, with interest payments doled out along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The vast majority of awards were doled out offstage during an evening far better known for its performances and stage antics than its prizes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

On Tuesday, the City Council unanimously approved $466.6 million in funding that will be doled out to developers, nonprofits, land trusts and other organizations to build and renovate affordable housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Two years later, Time Warner doled out an even richer $8.3-billion deal to the Dodgers, which at the time were under new ownership — Walter and his partners with Guggenheim Baseball Management.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

So thither I journeyed every morning, and when I said how many we were, perhaps half a mud pot would be doled out, sometimes a little more, depending upon who was in charge.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

There are about 276.8 million adults aged 18 and over in the United States, according to Congressional Budget Office data, and doling out $5,000 to each would come to $1.384 trillion.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Not too long ago, companies were doling out bonuses to encourage AI use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

He said markets were responding to the economy rather than to the Fed, which was evidence that his pullback from doling out guidance was working.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Arcuri expects that spending to grow to $10 billion in 2028, which could put the Terafab on the path to doling out more than $50 billion a year for wafer-fab equipment by 2030 or 2031.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

And there were plenty of private videos uploaded to the Thunderhead, showing Goddard and his disciples doling out immunity like bread to the poor.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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