rake
Example Sentences
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Long gashes, like wounds in the earth from some terrified beast clawing at a nightmare, raked the ground next to the crater on the mountain top.
From Literature
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Taylor Fresh Foods, which sells prepackaged salad products and rakes in billions of dollars in revenue each year, announced a roughly 16% stake in Pacific Valley several months later.
That’s just basic math, given that the film has raked in a whopping $300 million globally and is still going strong in its theatrical run.
From Salon
There was a lawn, flowers, a rake, a willow tree.
From Literature
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We go to work wiping down the boxes of detergent, the plastic-wrapped toilet paper, the popcorn, the tools, rakes, and trowels.
From Literature
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