raking
Example Sentences
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Frustrated fans would have to consider new Sunday hobbies, like raking and aerating the lawn, or speaking to their families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
After a few years of glossy magazine profiles and raking in the big bucks, he was searching for meaning and unhappy with the “tragic artist” he met in the mirror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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
Then, nine minutes into the second half, Bale played a raking long ball to Ramsey, who found Robson-Kanu in the penalty area.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
I saw his fingers raking through his disheveled brown hair, his nose tracing a line down my cheek the night before we left.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
