stake
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Last year, it sold businesses in Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama to Banco Davivienda in exchange for a 20% stake in the enlarged Colombian lender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Infantino has been under increasing scrutiny since his aborted attempt to sell off a 21% stake in Fifa's commercial operations to a private investment company.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
He said he could not comment on reports Walter is looking to sell his stake in Chelsea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
After considering a sale of part of his fund’s $5 billion stake in Anthropic, the hedge-fund manager agreed to a fire sale of the bulk of its stock portfolio to Ken Griffin’s investment firm Citadel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
What was at stake in the ‘Apology’ was not just the reasonableness of Christian faith, but the reliability of all the claims made by philosophers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Who knows if the English game will be marching on together as hoped by those that have staked so much on this direction?
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Are we going to wait until 70 more die to do something?” asked Marlom Portillo, an educator with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, as he staked more crosses into the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Putin has staked his legacy on projecting strength.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
But that’s also exactly the kind of contradiction Madonna has staked her career on.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“We had the table staked out, see? We was watching to see, wondering who brought them goofy flat pancakes.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
On the same weekend that Ben Stokes announced his retirement from international cricket, a former Premier League winner was staking his claim as an all-rounder.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Journalists who were already staking out the area around Burgenstock under tight security beat a retreat, knowing that the talks could be on again at any moment.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Social media company Snap showcased a pair of its $2,195 augmented reality glasses Tuesday, staking a claim in a race to reshape how people interact with computers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
In our dire age, a little bit of levity can often feel like a wager, staking your bets on an audience’s bandwidth for fun.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
While the Witchlings were busy staking out Mr. Dimblewit, the older witches, led by the Salazars and the Laroux, were trying to break the Gran out of the Tombs.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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