stake
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The move comes weeks after it sold around 4.5% of its stake in Delivery Hero to U.S. tech company Uber, as part of remedies tied to its acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
“Their level of urgency and their stake in it has gone up,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
OpenAI leadership refused to give him a majority stake.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
That said, in Manchester, the party was able to win 56% of the seats at stake off the back of just 37% of the vote.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Sitting up on his hind legs, the beast howled and threw the stake aside.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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