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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

“We’ll continue to rake and wait it out,” said Wheat, the fifth generation to run Guerry Lumber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

Yet more wondered if this was just an easy way for her to rake in more money.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

I was suddenly conscious that my own locks were splayed messily down my back, but I resisted the itch to gather them and rake them smooth.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

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

The talk show raked in Daytime Emmy awards, and the host’s sway with the audience was undeniable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

To the east and west were more mountains, great jagged peaks thrusting sharply upward, their scarps piled high with snow and raked by the wind into bladelike edges as sharp as scimitars.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

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

Gatwood hoped to put in a new fence and was raking some rocks and dirt to make the yard smoother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

But not everyone is raking in the big bucks with financial winners and losers.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

I struggle to make sense of the nonsensical scene in front of me while I try to ignore Gran’s gaze, which is raking all over me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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