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rake

[rayk] / reɪk /


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Marco Casiraghi, senior economist at Evercore ISI, said Bessent’s plans don’t kill any chance of a rake hike.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 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

He said he learned how to hand rake mussels during the film, although admitted they were unusable by the end of the day.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

It was nominated for Best Picture, proving the director could still rake in big bucks without the help of Batman IP and with the intricate plotting of his earliest works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He has no meteorite bag, no magnet rake, which means he came all the way down here to find me.

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

America’s top executives raked in $1.7 billion in special payouts last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

While Interscope dropped Burke from their label late last year, he had already raked in millions from the contract, according to evidence presented at a preliminary hearing earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

The pair had broken up the paint and raked flakes into the soil, but Evans said some parts were "baked" so it had been difficult to do so.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

In the middle of the bay, the glistening back of a whale raked the surface.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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

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

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

The Washington Post reported that Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the president’s eldest sons, have a portfolio of tech companies that are raking in billions from the Pentagon.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

A crow swooped down and yanked the hood from Clare’s head, her talons raking the flesh of his snout.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman


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