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rake

[rayk] / reɪk /


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Officers also established that the pair profited from the games by taking a commission from each poker hand, known within the industry as "the rake", rather than by directly wagering against players.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The originals “wouldn’t really rake in the money,” she recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Now, there are a handful of other AI companies capturing investor attention as they rake in hefty profits.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

That, and a booming economy, helped Detroit carmakers rake in profits, which were subsequently funneled into pursuing other businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

I grab the magnet rake, lying there like a sword.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

To stem the fall, the RBI has rolled out an array of moves to woo dollar inflows, including a deposit scheme for the Indian diaspora that raked in around $127 billion.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Galán declined to be interviewed for Carr’s documentary, having been thoroughly raked over the coals once the public’s visceral disgust with “The Swan” got it canceled after its second season.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

A review of Nottingham NHS Trust found 520 mums and babies suffered potentially avoidable harm or death, according to the Sunday Mirror, while former CEO Peter Homa "raked in thousands" through his co-owned business.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Last year, the law raked in more than $6.8 billion in settlements and judgments, a single-year record for the Justice Department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

There was no safe middle ground, only a no-man’s-land destined to be raked by the cross fire from both sides.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Micron and Nvidia are among high-profile semiconductor companies that have been raking in cash and still have inexpensive stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

After a multiyear drought in tech IPOs, Wall Street’s equity capital-markets desks are raking in fees again thanks to the artificial-intelligence boom.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Before firefighters had finished extinguishing the blaze, I found Liliya Velyka, a 28-year-old book blogger, raking through the smouldering ruins, seeing if anything could be saved.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

They were starting from a much higher base, each with more than 35% of households in the high-income category, raking in north of $200,000 a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

“So you must be raking in the speaking fees from that blog,” Michael said.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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