dole
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Downtown LA Law Group, which represents more than 2,700 plaintiffs, has yet to receive money to dole out payments, according to county officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Other kids are motivated to offer their parents help after watching influencers dole out advice on social media, or because of the proliferation of apps that have made trading more accessible among younger users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 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
Michael entitles us to a few extra shillings on the dole but Mam says it isn’t enough and now she has to go to the St.Vincent de Paul Society for food.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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The wiry Boon doles out his brash character’s reserves of vulnerability to stunning effect — Tommy is a difficult part and Boon knows how to make it revealing and suspenseful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 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
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
Injuries are often taken into consideration when the NHL’s Department of Player Safety doles out punishments.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 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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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, for example, has doled out billions of dollars since 2021 to local nonprofits trying to house people, including at least $25 million to the 1736 FCC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
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
Colorado doled out $4.7 million in taxpayer funding to a marketing firm, Amélie Co., to tell teenagers about the program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Yet the big Wall Street banks at the center of it just kept on growing, along with the sums of money that they doled out to twenty-six-year-olds to perform tasks of no obvious social utility.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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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
U.S. startups have drawn the most private capital; China is doling out government funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
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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