stakes
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The stakes were high for Kalshi and Polymarket after high-profile whiffs here and abroad leading up to the midterms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The Fifa president also planned to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors but scrapped the proposal due to opposition.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
He’ll end up with the second most popular livestream of the midterms, beaten out only by NBC’s Steve Kornacki—the stakes are high.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
When the dot-com bubble burst, shareholders ended up with diluted ownership stakes in businesses that had lost significant market value.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Across the way young Meryra knelt before one of the shaping stakes, hammering his first bowl.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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