dole
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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
He loved archery, considering it a lost art, and would make his own bows that he would dole out as gifts.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
Rea said he was on the dole at the time, his manager had just left him and he had been banned from driving.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
He makes his way downstairs with the candle, sleeps on a chair, misses work in the morning, loses the job at the cement factory, and we’re back on the dole again.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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The Knicks postponed a planned presale on Ticketmaster, while the NBA doles out tickets to its own partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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,” says Glenn Whipp.
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 slender brown arms wave about like wings as she doles out every command.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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The spending plan, set to be doled out during the 2026 fiscal year, is the largest allocation of Measure ULA funds so far — roughly 28% higher than last year’s budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
What’s left over will be doled out to individual investors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
But to determine a mother-worthy performance, one must first understand how the title was originally doled out.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Previously, the consequence was only doled out when people with such debt sought to renew their passports.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
The last drink of water was doled out four hours ago.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Only this time, the country that defined Messi’s club career over two decades at FC Barcelona, was the one doling out the punishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
The Graybills are among a growing rank of parents who are forgoing inheritances in favor of doling out money to family while they are still alive to see it do some good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
It urged Congress to block the fund from doling out any payments.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
No more doling out eggs as if they were pearls!
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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