rake
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Yet more wondered if this was just an easy way for her to rake in more money.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
With $1,000 in seed money and another $10,000 from other sources, including donors, they could rake in $917 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
In a rare feat for any indie arthouse movie, the thriller is currently on track to rake in $100 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
But time is scarce—the first company to sell will likely rake in the best price.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The boys would cut the grass and rake the leaves.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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
Only that CEO happens to be the highest earner in NBA history, having raked in $581.4 million from three teams over the course of his career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
"Evil Dead Burn" from Warner Bros. raked in $5 million over the weekend domestically, bringing its domestic total over the last two weeks to more than $24 million or $51 million globally.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
SpaceX’s record-breaking initial public offering, which raked in almost $86 billion, is of course the biggest fundraise — for any sector — in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
The puffed rice Mrs. Das had spilled was scattered at his feet, raked over by the monkeys’ hands.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
They provide one-stop services to banks, hedge funds and other large financial clients, raking in as much as $10 billion a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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
But not everyone is raking in the big bucks with financial winners and losers.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
In it, per analyses by the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, Trump reported raking in at least $2.2 billion in 2025—three and a half times what he reported in 2024.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
She had one packet remaining, and only after several minutes of irritable raking through her mess did she find it in the pocket of a blue silk dressing gown on her bathroom floor.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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