stakes
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The stakes are existential for the mountain range’s mountain lions, which are contending with critically low genetic diversity as close relatives mate.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
But Skyline shareholders will still own more than a quarter of the company once it is listed, leaving investors including the Trumps with stakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 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
But he understood the stakes of the mission, and he told Hoover, “I am human enough and ambitious enough to want it.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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