stake down

Example Sentences

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"Not in a sense of arrogance, but in a sense of, 'We've got to put that stake down and say, They're not crossing that line.'"

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2015

Saverin, 30, has a $1.1 billion stake, down $960 million since the offering.

From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 17, 2012

Centerbridge Partners, which owns 17.3 percent, will sell its stake down to 12.5 percent.

From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2011

Treasury has expressed a desire to hold two stock sales this year, potentially bringing its stake down to perhaps 33 percent.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2011

Find a smooth, sandy spot and scoop out a little hollow and drive the stake down until the top is below the level of the ground.

From Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture by Kreps, Elmer Harry