raking

Example Sentences

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Style still counts: While many of today’s coaches dress for raking leaves, Pitino wears suits that cost more than nice vacations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Freeman posted on-base percentages of .407 and .410, while raking a league-leading 47 and 59 doubles, respectively, in 2022 and 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

But it is Starlink, its satellite-internet business, that is raking in the bulk of the company’s cash.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Between January-November 2025, when New Delhi was negotiating with Washington, Indian imports of American agricultural goods rose 34 percent year-on-year, raking in just under $2.9 billion.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

They’d been raking leaves all day, and he was too tired to walk the two miles up the road to his apartment complex.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John