stake
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He described Kozlowski and Jones as the "organisers" and said they had a "motive to punish" Samel due to the financial stake they had in the missing cigarettes.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Musk holds a 48.4% equity stake in SpaceX, which represents approximately 6.42 billion shares across common stock, options and unvested performance awards, according to an August SEC filing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Those systems are made by Symbotic, a Wilmington, Mass.-based robotics company in which Walmart has a 12.6% stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
At stake is the survival of the Santa Monica Mountains’ isolated, beleaguered mountain lion population, which is listed as threatened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The hospital was no more than a few months old and a few feet high when people began attempting to stake their claims.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
It wasn’t a bad night for the young quarterback, though, as Guess staked his claim to the starting role for the Monarchs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Boeing has staked its corporate turnaround in part on growth of 737 MAX production.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
In 2021, the star staked out an East Coast perch, picking up a Brooklyn waterfront condo in the stunning Quay building, the New York Post reported.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The claim that Eala’s fans have staked on her life is occasionally intimate, but Eala doesn’t seem to mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
I staked out a spot right by the sidewalk, where she could look down and see it.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
The pageantry is a gamble rather than a guarantee, most of all for Xi, who is staking his standing at home on a smooth performance by the least predictable counterpart in the room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
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
By making these claims, Haas and Creamer were staking out a position in a long-running theoretical dispute.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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