dole
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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
While many hyperscalers are cutting down their stock-buyback activity in the wake of heightened AI spending, Nvidia is on the receiving end of those AI dollars and could dole some more out to shareholders.
From MarketWatch ● May 17, 2026
Players from those teams later said that the man known as “Luke Skyywalker” would dole out cash for big plays on the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Half his dole check would have gone into the contents of that cooler.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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Business leaders are nervous about the vacancy, as the EDC historically doles out land, tax breaks, and financing for developments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The agent in turn safeguards the funds and doles it out to pay expenses and compensation as they come up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
I personally believe in the concept called karma, but not in the sense that the universe is a giant calculator that doles out ultimate judgment for good and bad behavior.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
“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
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
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Altogether, S&P 500 companies doled out $1.7 billion in special awards last year, up 50% from a year earlier, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of pay data from research firm Equilar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
Burchett added that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority was “ripe for corruption and financial mismanagement,” and raised concerns about contracts that have been doled out to nonprofits in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 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
‘No! I have provided it: all that you will get till noon. Food is now doled out by order.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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“We got a million of these,” he said after doling out a few verses of “On to the Next One” — not bragging so much as explaining.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The other main reason that SpaceX’s cloud targets matter is the sheer amount of money that the company is doling out in pursuit of its ambitions here.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
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
Her kindness had always been condescending, and she had always paid a bit extra for her berries with the air of doling out charity.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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