stake
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Siemens Energy said it could bring in external investors or undertake a potential capital markets transaction, and plans to deconsolidate the business while maintaining a meaningful minority stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Although neither the team nor the firm supplied financial details of the deal, multiple media outlets are reporting that the Buss brothers’ stake in the Padres is around 5%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The crown jewel of the portfolio was a stake in Anthropic, where Aschenbrenner briefly considered trying to get a job after he left OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
In both cases, Dobzhansky noted, the fundamental questions at stake were biological.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
“Night Nurse” is as flirty and fleeting as a high school crush — intense enough to make an impact but staked more on possibility than actual sensation.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Putin has staked his legacy on projecting strength.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
To my knowledge, no one has staked out McConnell’s residence or hospital.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Left with the class’s emblematic cars, Lilly Pulitzer skirts and Ralph Lauren shirts, their golf, tennis, and soccer, and, most conspicuously, their houses, they have staked out their place and inflated the American dream.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
In town that afternoon, people described staking out different sites in the lead up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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
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
The only good part is that ReelTok has folded up his tent and is no longer staking out the school from the park across the street.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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