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dole

[dohl] / doʊl /


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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

Companies with excess cash can do things like hoard it, dole much of it out through shareholder returns, make acquisitions or invest in the business through areas like research and development.

From MarketWatch May 19, 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

He remembers my father, how he spent his wages and his dole while singing patriotic songs and making speeches from the dock like a condemned rebel.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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

The Department of Housing and Urban Development doles out some $60 billion each year to states and localities to subsidize rent for low-income households.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

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 slender brown arms wave about like wings as she doles out every command.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

We reviewed hours of financial advice being doled out on TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

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

If I had waited until my mother doled them out to me, night by night, it would have taken me fifty nights to save up enough.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The fire brigade saved "not just our home but our business premises too", said Manu Goncalves, doling out portions of roast chicken alongside his neighbours' courgettes with his son Theo and niece Manon.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

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 methodical ones proceed with one book followed by another, doling out plots in manageable hunks.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 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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